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The Moon on Tuesday, August 29, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on August 29, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 29 August 2023358,474 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 29, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
358,474 km222,745 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 2023 is on Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 01:36 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 09:38 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Tuesday, August 29, 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.