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The Moon on Thursday, August 14, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on August 14, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 14 August 2008397,744 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 14, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
397,744 km247,147 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 2008 is on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 21:17 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:13 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Thursday, August 14, 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.