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The Moon on Thursday, August 26, 1999: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Full Moon at

23:48UTC

Moon phase on August 26, 1999Full Moon

Thursday 26 August 1999385,061 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 26, 1999, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
385,061 km239,266 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Sturgeon Moon, 383,092 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1999 is on Thursday, August 26, 1999 at 23:48 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 9, 1999 at 22:02 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 19, 199901:47
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, August 26, 199923:48
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, September 2, 199922:17

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Thursday, August 26, 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.