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The Moon on Tuesday, August 25, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on August 25, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 25 August 2026399,522 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
399,522 km248,251 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 2026 is on Friday, August 28, 2026 at 04:19 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 17:37 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Tuesday, August 25, 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.