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The Moon on Saturday, August 29, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on August 29, 1953Waning Gibbous

Saturday 29 August 1953369,244 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 29, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.2% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
369,244 km229,437 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1953 is on Monday, August 24, 1953 at 20:21 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 8, 1953 at 07:48 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Saturday, August 29, 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.