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The Moon on Saturday, August 8, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on August 8, 1959Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 August 1959375,960 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 8, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.8% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
375,960 km233,611 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1959 is on Tuesday, August 18, 1959 at 12:51 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 4, 1959 at 14:34 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 4, 195914:34
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 11, 195917:10

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Saturday, August 8, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 4, 1959 to the new moon of September 3, 1959, a cycle of 29.47 days.