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The Moon on Friday, August 8, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on August 8, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 August 2014361,613 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 8, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.2% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
361,613 km224,696 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 2014 is on Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 18:09 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 22:42 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Friday, August 8, 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.