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The Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on August 26, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 August 2015372,503 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 26, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.4% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
372,503 km231,463 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2015 is on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 18:35 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 14, 2015 at 14:54 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Wednesday, August 26, 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.