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The Moon on Friday, August 2, 1991: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on August 2, 1991Waning Gibbous

Friday 2 August 1991381,991 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 2, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.7% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
381,991 km237,358 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 1991 is on Friday, July 26, 1991 at 18:25 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 10, 1991 at 02:28 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Friday, August 2, 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.