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The Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1999: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on August 28, 1999Waning Gibbous

Saturday 28 August 1999377,711 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 28, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
377,711 km234,698 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1999 is on Thursday, August 26, 1999 at 23:48 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 9, 1999 at 22:02 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 26, 199923:48
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, September 2, 199922:17

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Saturday, August 28, 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.