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The Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on August 18, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 18 August 1953391,442 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 18, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.8% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
391,442 km243,231 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1953 is on Monday, August 24, 1953 at 20:21 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 9, 1953 at 16:10 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 17, 195320:08
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 24, 195320:21

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Tuesday, August 18, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 9, 1953 to the new moon of September 8, 1953, a cycle of 29.65 days.