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The Moon on Saturday, August 26, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on August 26, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 26 August 2023371,317 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 26, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.2% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
371,317 km230,726 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2023 is on Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 01:36 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 09:38 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 24, 202309:57
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 31, 202301:36

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Saturday, August 26, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 16, 2023 to the new moon of September 15, 2023, a cycle of 29.67 days.