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The Moon on Thursday, August 15, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on August 15, 1957Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 August 1957402,571 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 15, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.4% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
402,571 km250,146 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1957 is on Saturday, August 10, 1957 at 13:08 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 25, 1957 at 11:33 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Thursday, August 15, 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.