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The Moon on Sunday, August 14, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on August 14, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 14 August 2016392,379 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 14, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.4% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
392,379 km243,813 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 2016 is on Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 09:27 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 20:45 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 10, 201618:21
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 18, 201609:27

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Sunday, August 14, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 2016 to the new moon of September 1, 2016, a cycle of 29.51 days.