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The Moon on Thursday, August 22, 1991: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on August 22, 1991Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 August 1991403,989 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 22, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
403,989 km251,027 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1991 is on Sunday, August 25, 1991 at 09:07 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 10, 1991 at 02:28 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Thursday, August 22, 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.