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The Moon on Monday, August 24, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on August 24, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Monday 24 August 2026402,106 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 24, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
402,106 km249,857 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2026 is on Friday, August 28, 2026 at 04:19 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 17:37 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 20, 202602:46
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 28, 202604:19

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Monday, August 24, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 2026 to the new moon of September 11, 2026, a cycle of 29.41 days.