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The Moon on Saturday, August 24, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on August 24, 2013Waning Gibbous

Saturday 24 August 2013381,780 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 24, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.5% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
381,780 km237,227 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2013 is on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 01:45 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 11:36 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Saturday, August 24, 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.