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The Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on August 8, 1951Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 8 August 1951382,722 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 8, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
382,722 km237,812 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1951 is on Friday, August 17, 1951 at 02:59 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 2, 1951 at 22:39 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 2, 195122:39
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 10, 195112:23

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Wednesday, August 8, 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.