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The Moon on Thursday, August 30, 2040: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

22.5days

Moon phase on August 30, 2040Waning Crescent

Thursday 30 August 2040400,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 30, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
400,785 km249,036 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 2040 is on Wednesday, August 22, 2040 at 09:10 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 6, 2040 at 15:14 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 29, 204011:16
New Moon (after)Thursday, September 6, 204015:14

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Thursday, August 30, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 2040 to the new moon of September 6, 2040, a cycle of 29.62 days.