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The Moon on Saturday, August 9, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on August 9, 1952Waning Gibbous

Saturday 9 August 1952368,603 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 9, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.3% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
368,603 km229,039 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1952 is on Tuesday, August 5, 1952 at 19:40 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 20, 1952 at 15:20 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Saturday, August 9, 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.