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The Moon on Thursday, August 16, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on August 16, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 August 1951363,390 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 16, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
363,390 km225,800 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1951 is on Friday, August 17, 1951 at 02:59 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 2, 1951 at 22:39 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Thursday, August 16, 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.