Waxing · 98.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°
Moon age
14.1days
Moon phase on August 15, 2008Waxing Gibbous
On Friday, August 15, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.
98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
394,283 km244,996 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 15, 2008 is on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 21:17 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:13 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Friday, August 8, 2008 | 20:20 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, August 16, 2008 | 21:17 |
The Moon around August 15
More about this date
Friday, August 15, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2008, or the whole moon calendar 2008.
- The same date one year apart: 2007 · 2009.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.