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The Moon on Monday, August 2, 1999: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 74.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on August 2, 1999Waning Gibbous

Monday 2 August 1999376,956 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 2, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.2% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
376,956 km234,230 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 1999 is on Wednesday, July 28, 1999 at 11:25 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 11, 1999 at 11:09 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 28, 199911:25
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 4, 199917:27

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Monday, August 2, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 1999 to the new moon of August 11, 1999, a cycle of 29.36 days.