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The Moon on Wednesday, August 13, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on August 13, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 13 August 2008400,728 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 13, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.9% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
400,728 km249,001 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 2008 is on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 21:17 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:13 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Wednesday, August 13, 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.