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The Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 2020: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

14.8days

Moon phase on August 4, 2020Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 4 August 2020392,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 4, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 14.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.8 dMoon age
392,949 km244,167 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 2020 is on Monday, August 3, 2020 at 15:59 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 02:42 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 3, 202015:59
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 11, 202016:45

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Tuesday, August 4, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 2020 to the new moon of August 19, 2020, a cycle of 29.38 days.