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The Moon on Monday, August 6, 1984: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on August 6, 1984Waxing Gibbous

Monday 6 August 1984383,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 6, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.0% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
383,876 km238,529 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1984 is on Saturday, August 11, 1984 at 15:43 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 28, 1984 at 11:51 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 4, 198402:33
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 11, 198415:43

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Monday, August 6, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 1984 to the new moon of August 26, 1984, a cycle of 29.32 days.