Waning · 98.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°
Moon age
16.6days
Moon phase on August 19, 2016Waning Gibbous
On Friday, August 19, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
370,462 km230,194 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 19, 2016 is on Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 09:27 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 09:03 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Thursday, August 18, 2016 | 09:27 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Thursday, August 25, 2016 | 03:41 |
The Moon around August 19
More about this date
Friday, August 19, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.