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The Moon on Thursday, August 1, 1991: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 70.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on August 1, 1991Waning Gibbous

Thursday 1 August 1991386,587 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 1, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.7% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
386,587 km240,214 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1991 is on Friday, July 26, 1991 at 18:25 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 10, 1991 at 02:28 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 26, 199118:25
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, August 3, 199111:26

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Thursday, August 1, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 1991 to the new moon of August 10, 1991, a cycle of 29.31 days.