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The Moon on Thursday, August 19, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 76.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on August 19, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 19 August 2010395,138 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 19, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.9% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
395,138 km245,528 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 2010 is on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 17:05 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 03:08 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 16, 201018:14
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 24, 201017:05

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Thursday, August 19, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 2010 to the new moon of September 8, 2010, a cycle of 29.31 days.