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The Moon on Monday, August 15, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 84.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on August 15, 2022Waning Gibbous

Monday 15 August 2022377,112 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 15, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.7% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
377,112 km234,326 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 2022 is on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 01:36 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 08:17 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 12, 202201:36
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 19, 202204:36

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Monday, August 15, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 2022 to the new moon of August 27, 2022, a cycle of 29.60 days.