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The Moon on Thursday, August 7, 1958: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 52.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Last Quarter at

17:50UTC

Moon phase on August 7, 1958Last Quarter

Thursday 7 August 1958402,532 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 7, 1958, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.5% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
402,532 km250,122 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1958 is on Wednesday, July 30, 1958 at 16:47 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 1958 at 03:33 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 30, 195816:47
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, August 7, 195817:50
New Moon (after)Friday, August 15, 195803:33

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Thursday, August 7, 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.