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The Moon on Wednesday, August 15, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on August 15, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 August 1951362,110 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 15, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
362,110 km225,005 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1951 is on Friday, August 17, 1951 at 02:59 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 2, 1951 at 22:39 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Wednesday, August 15, 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.