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The Moon on Saturday, August 9, 1958: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on August 9, 1958Waning Crescent

Saturday 9 August 1958395,849 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 9, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.4% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
395,849 km245,969 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1958 is on Wednesday, July 30, 1958 at 16:47 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 1958 at 03:33 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 7, 195817:50
New Moon (after)Friday, August 15, 195803:33

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Saturday, August 9, 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.