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The Moon on Sunday, August 3, 1958: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on August 3, 1958Waning Gibbous

Sunday 3 August 1958401,702 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 3, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.1% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
401,702 km249,606 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1958 is on Wednesday, July 30, 1958 at 16:47 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 1958 at 03:33 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 30, 195816:47
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 7, 195817:50

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Sunday, August 3, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 16, 1958 to the new moon of August 15, 1958, a cycle of 29.37 days.