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The Moon on Thursday, August 15, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on August 15, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 August 2013369,967 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 15, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.8% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
369,967 km229,887 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 2013 is on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 01:45 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 21:51 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 14, 201310:56
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 21, 201301:45

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Thursday, August 15, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 2013 to the new moon of September 5, 2013, a cycle of 29.57 days.