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The Moon on Saturday, August 24, 2024: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 70.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on August 24, 2024Waning Gibbous

Saturday 24 August 2024367,999 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 24, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.9% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
367,999 km228,664 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2024 is on Monday, August 19, 2024 at 18:26 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 01:56 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Saturday, August 24, 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.