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The Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 1958: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 70.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on August 5, 1958Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 5 August 1958404,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 5, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.8% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
404,427 km251,299 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1958 is on Wednesday, July 30, 1958 at 16:47 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 1958 at 03:33 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Tuesday, August 5, 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.