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The Moon on Friday, August 9, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on August 9, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Friday 9 August 1957402,974 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 9, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
402,974 km250,396 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1957 is on Saturday, August 10, 1957 at 13:08 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 27, 1957 at 04:28 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 2, 195718:55
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 10, 195713:08

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Friday, August 9, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 1957 to the new moon of August 25, 1957, a cycle of 29.29 days.