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The Moon on Monday, August 13, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on August 13, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Monday 13 August 1951363,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 13, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.0% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
363,998 km226,178 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1951 is on Friday, August 17, 1951 at 02:59 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 2, 1951 at 22:39 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Monday, August 13, 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.