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The Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 1967: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on August 16, 1967Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 16 August 1967381,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 16, 1967, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.2% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
381,334 km236,950 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1967 is on Sunday, August 20, 1967 at 02:27 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 6, 1967 at 02:48 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 12, 196720:44
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 20, 196702:27

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Wednesday, August 16, 1967 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 1967 to the new moon of September 4, 1967, a cycle of 29.37 days.