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The Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 57.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on August 24, 2016Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 August 2016369,494 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 24, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.6% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
369,494 km229,593 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2016 is on Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 09:27 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 09:03 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Wednesday, August 24, 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.