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The Moon on Sunday, August 26, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on August 26, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 August 2012371,544 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 26, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.4% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
371,544 km230,866 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2012 is on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 13:58 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 15:55 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 24, 201213:54
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 31, 201213:58

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Sunday, August 26, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 17, 2012 to the new moon of September 16, 2012, a cycle of 29.43 days.