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The Moon on Sunday, August 12, 1984: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on August 12, 1984Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 August 1984402,838 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 12, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
402,838 km250,312 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1984 is on Saturday, August 11, 1984 at 15:43 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 26, 1984 at 19:26 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 11, 198415:43
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 19, 198419:41

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Sunday, August 12, 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.