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The Moon on Sunday, August 7, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on August 7, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 7 August 2022367,466 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 7, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.3% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
367,466 km228,333 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 2022 is on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 01:36 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 17:55 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 5, 202211:07
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 12, 202201:36

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Sunday, August 7, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 2022 to the new moon of August 27, 2022, a cycle of 29.60 days.