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The Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 2025: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on August 12, 2025Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 12 August 2025371,004 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 12, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.9% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
371,004 km230,531 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 2025 is on Saturday, August 9, 2025 at 07:55 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 06:07 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 9, 202507:55
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, August 16, 202505:12

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Tuesday, August 12, 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.