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The Moon on Monday, August 12, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on August 12, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Monday 12 August 2019398,314 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 12, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.7% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
398,314 km247,501 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 2019 is on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 12:29 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 03:12 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Monday, August 12, 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.