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The Moon on Monday, August 30, 2010: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on August 30, 2010Waning Gibbous

Monday 30 August 2010395,946 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 30, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.0% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
395,946 km246,029 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 2010 is on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 17:05 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 10:30 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 24, 201017:05
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 1, 201017:22

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Monday, August 30, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 2010 to the new moon of September 8, 2010, a cycle of 29.31 days.