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The Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 76.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on August 16, 2022Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 16 August 2022383,179 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 16, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.1% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
383,179 km238,097 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 2022 is on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 01:36 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 08:17 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Tuesday, August 16, 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.