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The Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on August 13, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 13 August 2019401,075 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 13, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
401,075 km249,217 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 2019 is on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 12:29 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 03:12 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Tuesday, August 13, 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.