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The Moon on Sunday, August 2, 2026: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on August 2, 2026Waning Gibbous

Sunday 2 August 2026387,052 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 2, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.3% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
387,052 km240,503 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 2026 is on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 14:36 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 17:37 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 29, 202614:36
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 6, 202602:21

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Sunday, August 2, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 14, 2026 to the new moon of August 12, 2026, a cycle of 29.33 days.