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The Moon on Friday, August 8, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on August 8, 1952Waning Gibbous

Friday 8 August 1952363,509 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 8, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.5% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
363,509 km225,874 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1952 is on Tuesday, August 5, 1952 at 19:40 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 20, 1952 at 15:20 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 5, 195219:40
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 12, 195213:27

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Friday, August 8, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 21, 1952 to the new moon of August 20, 1952, a cycle of 29.66 days.