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The Moon on Thursday, August 30, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on August 30, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 30 August 2012381,274 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 30, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
381,274 km236,913 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 2012 is on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 13:58 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 15:55 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Thursday, August 30, 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.