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The Moon on Sunday, August 6, 1995: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on August 6, 1995Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 6 August 1995365,642 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 6, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.0% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
365,642 km227,199 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1995 is on Thursday, August 10, 1995 at 18:16 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 27, 1995 at 15:13 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 4, 199503:16
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 10, 199518:16

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Sunday, August 6, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 1995 to the new moon of August 26, 1995, a cycle of 29.55 days.