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The Moon on Monday, August 18, 1958: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on August 18, 1958Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 August 1958364,449 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 18, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.2% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
364,449 km226,458 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1958 is on Friday, August 29, 1958 at 05:54 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 1958 at 03:33 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Monday, August 18, 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.