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The Moon on Saturday, August 20, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on August 20, 2016Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 August 2016368,278 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 20, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
368,278 km228,837 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2016 is on Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 09:27 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 09:03 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 18, 201609:27
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 25, 201603:41

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Saturday, August 20, 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.