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The Moon on Monday, August 12, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on August 12, 1957Waning Gibbous

Monday 12 August 1957406,216 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 12, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
406,216 km252,411 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1957 is on Saturday, August 10, 1957 at 13:08 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 25, 1957 at 11:33 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 10, 195713:08
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 18, 195716:16

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Monday, August 12, 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.