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The Moon on Monday, August 6, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 79.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on August 6, 2012Waning Gibbous

Monday 6 August 2012394,778 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 6, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.8% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
394,778 km245,303 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 2012 is on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 03:28 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 15:55 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Monday, August 6, 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.