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The Moon on Sunday, August 30, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on August 30, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 30 August 2020390,640 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 30, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.6% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
390,640 km242,732 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 2020 is on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 05:22 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 02:42 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 25, 202017:58
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, September 2, 202005:22

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Sunday, August 30, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 19, 2020 to the new moon of September 17, 2020, a cycle of 29.35 days.