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The Moon on Saturday, August 24, 1991: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on August 24, 1991Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 24 August 1991399,854 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 24, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
399,854 km248,457 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1991 is on Sunday, August 25, 1991 at 09:07 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 10, 1991 at 02:28 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Saturday, August 24, 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.