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The Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on August 29, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 29 August 2012378,030 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 29, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.8% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
378,030 km234,897 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 2012 is on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 13:58 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 15:55 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Wednesday, August 29, 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.