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The Moon on Wednesday, August 25, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on August 25, 2021Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 25 August 2021392,346 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 25, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.1% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
392,346 km243,793 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 2021 is on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 12:02 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 00:52 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Wednesday, August 25, 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.