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The Moon on Friday, August 28, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on August 28, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 August 2020383,414 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 28, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.4% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
383,414 km238,242 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2020 is on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 05:22 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 02:42 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 25, 202017:58
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, September 2, 202005:22

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Friday, August 28, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 19, 2020 to the new moon of September 17, 2020, a cycle of 29.35 days.