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The Moon on Friday, August 23, 2024: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on August 23, 2024Waning Gibbous

Friday 23 August 2024364,233 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 23, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.9% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
364,233 km226,324 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 2024 is on Monday, August 19, 2024 at 18:26 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 01:56 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Friday, August 23, 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.