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The Moon on Saturday, August 8, 1953: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on August 8, 1953Waning Crescent

Saturday 8 August 1953397,676 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 8, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
397,676 km247,105 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1953 is on Sunday, July 26, 1953 at 12:21 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 9, 1953 at 16:10 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 2, 195303:16
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 9, 195316:10

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Saturday, August 8, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 1953 to the new moon of August 9, 1953, a cycle of 29.57 days.