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The Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on August 28, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 28 August 2012375,315 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 28, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.9% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
375,315 km233,210 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2012 is on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 13:58 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 15:55 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Tuesday, August 28, 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.