Waxing · 46.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°
First Quarter at
19:45UTC
Moon phase on August 21, 1958First Quarter
On Thursday, August 21, 1958, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.5% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
46.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
371,819 km231,038 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 21, 1958 is on Friday, August 29, 1958 at 05:54 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 1958 at 03:33 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, August 15, 1958 | 03:33 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Thursday, August 21, 1958 | 19:45 |
| Full Moon (after) | Friday, August 29, 1958 | 05:54 |
The Moon around August 21
More about this date
Thursday, August 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1958, or the whole moon calendar 1958.
- The same date one year apart: 1957 · 1959.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.