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The Moon on Friday, August 8, 2025: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on August 8, 2025Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 August 2025383,487 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 8, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
383,487 km238,288 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 2025 is on Saturday, August 9, 2025 at 07:55 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 19:11 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 1, 202512:42
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 9, 202507:55

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Friday, August 8, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 2025 to the new moon of August 23, 2025, a cycle of 29.46 days.