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The Moon on Friday, August 19, 2005: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Full Moon at

17:53UTC

Moon phase on August 19, 2005Full Moon

Friday 19 August 2005357,456 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 19, 2005, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
357,456 km222,113 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Sturgeon Moon, 357,642 km from Earth. SupermoonBlue Moon (seasonal)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 2005 is on Friday, August 19, 2005 at 17:53 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 5, 2005 at 03:05 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 13, 200502:39
Full Moon (this day)Friday, August 19, 200517:53
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 26, 200515:18

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Friday, August 19, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 5, 2005 to the new moon of September 3, 2005, a cycle of 29.65 days.