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The Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on August 24, 2021Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 24 August 2021387,873 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 24, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.3% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
387,873 km241,013 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2021 is on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 12:02 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 00:52 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 22, 202112:02
Last Quarter (after)Monday, August 30, 202107:13

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Tuesday, August 24, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 2021 to the new moon of September 7, 2021, a cycle of 29.46 days.