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The Moon on Sunday, August 29, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 57.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on August 29, 2021Waning Gibbous

Sunday 29 August 2021403,855 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 29, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.7% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
403,855 km250,944 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 2021 is on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 12:02 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 00:52 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Sunday, August 29, 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.