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The Moon on Friday, August 3, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on August 3, 2012Waning Gibbous

Friday 3 August 2012380,457 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 3, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
380,457 km236,405 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 2012 is on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 03:28 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 15:55 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 2, 201203:28
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 9, 201218:55

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Friday, August 3, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 19, 2012 to the new moon of August 17, 2012, a cycle of 29.48 days.