Waning · 62.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°
Moon age
21.4days
Moon phase on August 31, 2010Waning Gibbous
On Tuesday, August 31, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.6% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
62.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
391,395 km243,201 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 31, 2010 is on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 17:05 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 10:30 UTC, 8 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Tuesday, August 24, 2010 | 17:05 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Wednesday, September 1, 2010 | 17:22 |
The Moon around August 31
More about this date
Tuesday, August 31, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2010, or the whole moon calendar 2010.
- The same date one year apart: 2009 · 2011.
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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.