Waxing · 72.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°
Moon age
10.0days
Moon phase on August 21, 1999Waxing Gibbous
On Saturday, August 21, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.4% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
72.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
402,818 km250,299 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 21, 1999 is on Thursday, August 26, 1999 at 23:48 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 11, 1999 at 11:09 UTC, 10 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Thursday, August 19, 1999 | 01:47 |
| Full Moon (after) | Thursday, August 26, 1999 | 23:48 |
The Moon around August 21
More about this date
Saturday, August 21, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 11, 1999 to the new moon of September 9, 1999, a cycle of 29.45 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1999, or the whole moon calendar 1999.
- The same date one year apart: 1998 · 2000.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.