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The Moon on Monday, August 19, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on August 19, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Monday 19 August 2013362,399 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 19, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
362,399 km225,184 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 2013 is on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 01:45 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 21:51 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Monday, August 19, 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.