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The Moon on Saturday, August 16, 1958: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on August 16, 1958Waxing Crescent

Saturday 16 August 1958364,763 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 16, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
364,763 km226,653 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1958 is on Friday, August 29, 1958 at 05:54 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 1958 at 03:33 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 15, 195803:33
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 21, 195819:45

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Saturday, August 16, 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.