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The Moon on Monday, August 3, 1959: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on August 3, 1959Waning Crescent

Monday 3 August 1959392,793 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 3, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
392,793 km244,070 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1959 is on Monday, July 20, 1959 at 03:33 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 4, 1959 at 14:34 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 27, 195914:22
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 4, 195914:34

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Monday, August 3, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 6, 1959 to the new moon of August 4, 1959, a cycle of 29.52 days.