Waning · 99.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°
Moon age
15.9days
Moon phase on August 30, 2015Waning Gibbous
On Sunday, August 30, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
358,298 km222,636 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 30, 2015 is on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 18:35 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 06:41 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Saturday, August 29, 2015 | 18:35 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, September 5, 2015 | 09:54 |
The Moon around August 30
More about this date
Sunday, August 30, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2015, or the whole moon calendar 2015.
- The same date one year apart: 2014 · 2016.
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