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The Moon on Thursday, August 28, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on August 28, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 August 1958396,355 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 28, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
396,355 km246,284 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1958 is on Friday, August 29, 1958 at 05:54 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 1958 at 03:33 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 21, 195819:45
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 29, 195805:54

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Thursday, August 28, 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.