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The Moon on Wednesday, August 14, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on August 14, 1957Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 14 August 1957404,696 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 14, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
404,696 km251,466 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1957 is on Saturday, August 10, 1957 at 13:08 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 25, 1957 at 11:33 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Wednesday, August 14, 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.