Waning · 95.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°
Moon age
17.0days
Moon phase on August 21, 2024Waning Gibbous
On Wednesday, August 21, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.6% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
95.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
360,257 km223,853 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 21, 2024 is on Monday, August 19, 2024 at 18:26 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 01:56 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Monday, August 19, 2024 | 18:26 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Monday, August 26, 2024 | 09:26 |
The Moon around August 21
More about this date
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 4, 2024 to the new moon of September 3, 2024, a cycle of 29.61 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2024, or the whole moon calendar 2024.
- The same date one year apart: 2023 · 2025.
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