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The Moon on Thursday, August 22, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on August 22, 2019Waning Gibbous

Thursday 22 August 2019394,891 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 22, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.4% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
394,891 km245,374 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 2019 is on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 12:29 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:37 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 15, 201912:29
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 23, 201914:56

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Thursday, August 22, 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.