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The Moon on Thursday, August 7, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on August 7, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 7 August 2014366,276 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 7, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.7% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
366,276 km227,593 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 2014 is on Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 18:09 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 22:42 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 4, 201400:50
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 10, 201418:09

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Thursday, August 7, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 26, 2014 to the new moon of August 25, 2014, a cycle of 29.65 days.