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The Moon on Friday, August 28, 1959: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on August 28, 1959Waning Crescent

Friday 28 August 1959401,040 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 28, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.0% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
401,040 km249,194 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1959 is on Tuesday, August 18, 1959 at 12:51 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 3, 1959 at 01:56 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 26, 195908:03
New Moon (after)Thursday, September 3, 195901:56

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Friday, August 28, 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.