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The Moon on Friday, August 15, 2014: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on August 15, 2014Waning Gibbous

Friday 15 August 2014375,123 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 15, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.1% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
375,123 km233,090 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 2014 is on Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 18:09 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 14:13 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 10, 201418:09
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 17, 201412:26

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Friday, August 15, 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.