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The Moon on Monday, August 3, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on August 3, 2015Waning Gibbous

Monday 3 August 2015362,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 3, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.1% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
362,972 km225,540 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 2015 is on Friday, July 31, 2015 at 10:43 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 14, 2015 at 14:54 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 31, 201510:43
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 7, 201502:03

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Monday, August 3, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 16, 2015 to the new moon of August 14, 2015, a cycle of 29.56 days.