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The Moon on Thursday, August 22, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on August 22, 2013Waning Gibbous

Thursday 22 August 2013370,959 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 22, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
370,959 km230,503 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 2013 is on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 01:45 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 11:36 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 21, 201301:45
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 28, 201309:35

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Thursday, August 22, 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.