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The Moon on Friday, August 15, 1958: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

New Moon at

03:33UTC

Moon phase on August 15, 1958New Moon

Friday 15 August 1958366,974 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 15, 1958, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
366,974 km228,027 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1958 is on Friday, August 29, 1958 at 05:54 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 1958 at 03:33 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 7, 195817:50
New Moon (this day)Friday, August 15, 195803:33
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 21, 195819:45

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Friday, August 15, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 1958 to the new moon of September 13, 1958, a cycle of 29.35 days.