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The Moon on Monday, August 23, 1999: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on August 23, 1999Waxing Gibbous

Monday 23 August 1999397,227 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 23, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.6% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
397,227 km246,825 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1999 is on Thursday, August 26, 1999 at 23:48 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 11, 1999 at 11:09 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 19, 199901:47
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 26, 199923:48

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Monday, August 23, 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.