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The Moon on Monday, August 2, 2010: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on August 2, 2010Waning Gibbous

Monday 2 August 2010395,903 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 2, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.2% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
395,903 km246,003 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 2010 is on Monday, July 26, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 03:08 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, July 26, 201001:37
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 3, 201004:59

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Monday, August 2, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 2010 to the new moon of August 10, 2010, a cycle of 29.31 days.