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The Moon on Thursday, August 22, 2024: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on August 22, 2024Waning Gibbous

Thursday 22 August 2024361,538 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 22, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.4% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
361,538 km224,649 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 2024 is on Monday, August 19, 2024 at 18:26 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 01:56 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 19, 202418:26
Last Quarter (after)Monday, August 26, 202409:26

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Thursday, August 22, 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.