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The Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 1958: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on August 12, 1958Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 August 1958380,252 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 12, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.0% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
380,252 km236,277 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1958 is on Wednesday, July 30, 1958 at 16:47 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 1958 at 03:33 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Tuesday, August 12, 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.