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The Moon on Monday, August 19, 1991: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on August 19, 1991Waxing Gibbous

Monday 19 August 1991404,024 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 19, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.5% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
404,024 km251,049 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1991 is on Sunday, August 25, 1991 at 09:07 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 10, 1991 at 02:28 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 17, 199105:01
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 25, 199109:07

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Monday, August 19, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 1991 to the new moon of September 8, 1991, a cycle of 29.36 days.