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The Moon on Friday, August 28, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on August 28, 1953Waning Gibbous

Friday 28 August 1953364,616 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 28, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.2% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
364,616 km226,562 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1953 is on Monday, August 24, 1953 at 20:21 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 8, 1953 at 07:48 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 24, 195320:21
Last Quarter (after)Monday, August 31, 195310:46

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Friday, August 28, 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.