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The Moon on Tuesday, August 14, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on August 14, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 14 August 1951362,361 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 14, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.2% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
362,361 km225,161 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1951 is on Friday, August 17, 1951 at 02:59 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 2, 1951 at 22:39 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Tuesday, August 14, 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.