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The Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on August 20, 2008Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 August 2008377,231 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 20, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
377,231 km234,400 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2008 is on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 21:17 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 19:58 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 16, 200821:17
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, August 23, 200823:50

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Wednesday, August 20, 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.