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The Moon on Sunday, August 23, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on August 23, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 23 August 2015390,636 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 23, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.0% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
390,636 km242,730 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 2015 is on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 18:35 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 14, 2015 at 14:54 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 22, 201519:31
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 29, 201518:35

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Sunday, August 23, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 2015 to the new moon of September 13, 2015, a cycle of 29.66 days.