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The Moon on Tuesday, August 25, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 76.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on August 25, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 25 August 2015378,626 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 25, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.7% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
378,626 km235,267 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 2015 is on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 18:35 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 14, 2015 at 14:54 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Tuesday, August 25, 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.