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The Moon on Saturday, August 8, 2020: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on August 8, 2020Waning Gibbous

Saturday 8 August 2020403,977 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 8, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.6% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
403,977 km251,020 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 2020 is on Monday, August 3, 2020 at 15:59 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 02:42 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Saturday, August 8, 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.