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Saturday, August 30, 2025 falls on a Saturday. It is day 242 of the year, ISO week 35, in Q3.
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Saturday, August 30
August 30, 2025 is day 242 of 365, ISO week 35, in Q3. The moon is First Quarter and the zodiac sign is Virgo.
Day of year242
ISO week35
QuarterQ3
Days left123
Sun and Moon Cycles
- Moon phase
- First Quarter
- Lunar age
- 6.5 days
- Illumination
- 41%
- Season
- Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, winter in the Southern Hemisphere
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- Zodiac
- Virgo
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- No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
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Today's Celebrations
August 30
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Alexander of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodoxy)
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Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
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Blessed Eustáquio van Lieshout
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Blessed Stephen Nehmé (Maronite Church / Catholic Church)
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Charles Chapman Grafton (Episcopal Church)
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Fantinus
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Felix and Adauctus
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Fiacre
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History for August 30
Ukrainian politician Andriy Parubiy was assassinated in Lviv, Ukraine.
The last remaining American troops left Afghanistan, ending U.S. involvement in the war.
A heavy bomber that had been unintentionally loaded with nuclear missiles flew them from North Dakota to Louisiana before they were recognized.
Gulf War: US General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. issued General Order No. 1 prohibiting US troops from consuming alcohol or possessing pornographic material.
Discovery, the third orbiter of NASA's Space Shuttle program, lifted off on its maiden voyage from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Iranian president Mohammad-Ali Rajai and prime minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar were assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran.
An express train carrying foreign workers from Yugoslavia to West Germany derailed in Zagreb, killing 153 people.
A powerful bomb exploded at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, killing eight people.
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