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The Moon on Friday, August 29, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on August 29, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Friday 29 August 1952374,743 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 29, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.0% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
374,743 km232,855 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1952 is on Thursday, September 4, 1952 at 03:19 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 20, 1952 at 15:20 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 28, 195212:03
Full Moon (after)Thursday, September 4, 195203:19

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Friday, August 29, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 1952 to the new moon of September 19, 1952, a cycle of 29.67 days.