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The Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on August 16, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 16 August 2016382,530 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 16, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.6% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
382,530 km237,693 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (0°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 2016 is on Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 09:27 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 20:45 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Tuesday, August 16, 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.