Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°
Moon age
0.6days
Moon phase on August 3, 1951Waxing Crescent
On Friday, August 3, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.
0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
400,011 km248,555 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 3, 1951 is on Friday, August 17, 1951 at 02:59 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 2, 1951 at 22:39 UTC, 1 day earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, August 2, 1951 | 22:39 |
| First Quarter (after) | Friday, August 10, 1951 | 12:23 |
The Moon around August 3
More about this date
Friday, August 3, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 1951 to the new moon of September 1, 1951, a cycle of 29.59 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1951, or the whole moon calendar 1951.
- The same date one year apart: 1950 · 1952.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.