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The Moon on Saturday, August 9, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on August 9, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 9 August 2014358,384 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 9, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
358,384 km222,689 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 2014 is on Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 18:09 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 22:42 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Saturday, August 9, 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.