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The Moon on Friday, August 25, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on August 25, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Friday 25 August 2023377,144 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 25, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.7% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
377,144 km234,346 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 2023 is on Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 01:36 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 09:38 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 24, 202309:57
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 31, 202301:36

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Friday, August 25, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 16, 2023 to the new moon of September 15, 2023, a cycle of 29.67 days.