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The Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 1995: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on August 8, 1995Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 8 August 1995362,856 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 8, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.6% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
362,856 km225,468 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1995 is on Thursday, August 10, 1995 at 18:16 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 27, 1995 at 15:13 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Tuesday, August 8, 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.