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The Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 2007: Waxing Gibbous, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on August 21, 2007Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 21 August 2007401,121 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 21, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.0% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
401,121 km249,245 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 2007 is on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 10:35 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 23:03 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 20, 200723:54
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 28, 200710:35

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 2007 to the new moon of September 11, 2007, a cycle of 29.57 days.