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The Moon on Monday, August 14, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on August 14, 2017Waning Gibbous

Monday 14 August 2017372,847 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 14, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.4% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
372,847 km231,676 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 2017 is on Monday, August 7, 2017 at 18:11 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 18:30 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 7, 201718:11
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 15, 201701:15

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Monday, August 14, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 23, 2017 to the new moon of August 21, 2017, a cycle of 29.36 days.