Skip to content
The Moon on Thursday, August 30, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on August 30, 1984Waxing Crescent

Thursday 30 August 1984364,953 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 30, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.2% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
364,953 km226,771 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1984 is on Monday, September 10, 1984 at 07:01 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 26, 1984 at 19:26 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 26, 198419:26
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 2, 198410:30

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Thursday, August 30, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 26, 1984 to the new moon of September 25, 1984, a cycle of 29.32 days.