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The Moon on Monday, August 15, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on August 15, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Monday 15 August 2016387,514 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 15, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.3% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
387,514 km240,790 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 2016 is on Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 09:27 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 20:45 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Monday, August 15, 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.