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The Moon on Saturday, August 22, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on August 22, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 August 1953367,674 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 22, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.3% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
367,674 km228,462 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1953 is on Monday, August 24, 1953 at 20:21 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 9, 1953 at 16:10 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Saturday, August 22, 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.