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The Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on August 12, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 August 2008402,986 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 12, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.1% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
402,986 km250,404 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 2008 is on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 21:17 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:13 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 8, 200820:20
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 16, 200821:17

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 2008 to the new moon of August 30, 2008, a cycle of 29.41 days.