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The Moon on Thursday, August 8, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 58.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on August 8, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 8 August 2019381,945 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 8, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.4% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
381,945 km237,330 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 2019 is on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 12:29 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 03:12 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 7, 201917:31
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 15, 201912:29

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Thursday, August 8, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 2019 to the new moon of August 30, 2019, a cycle of 29.31 days.