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The Moon on Saturday, August 29, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on August 29, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 August 2020387,100 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 29, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.4% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
387,100 km240,533 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 2020 is on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 05:22 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 02:42 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Saturday, August 29, 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.