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The Moon on Sunday, August 12, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on August 12, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 12 August 1951366,753 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 12, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.1% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
366,753 km227,890 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1951 is on Friday, August 17, 1951 at 02:59 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 2, 1951 at 22:39 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 10, 195112:23
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 17, 195102:59

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Sunday, August 12, 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.