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The Moon on Monday, August 23, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on August 23, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Monday 23 August 2010405,365 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 23, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
405,365 km251,882 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 2010 is on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 17:05 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 03:08 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Monday, August 23, 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.