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The Moon on Wednesday, August 10, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on August 10, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 10 August 2022359,857 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 10, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
359,857 km223,605 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 2022 is on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 01:36 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 17:55 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Wednesday, August 10, 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.