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The Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 1951: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on August 29, 1951Waning Crescent

Wednesday 29 August 1951402,004 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 29, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.9% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
402,004 km249,794 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1951 is on Friday, August 17, 1951 at 02:59 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 1, 1951 at 12:50 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 24, 195110:20
New Moon (after)Saturday, September 1, 195112:50

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Wednesday, August 29, 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.