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The Moon on Thursday, August 27, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

14.8days

Moon phase on August 27, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 August 2026392,849 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 27, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.8 dMoon age
392,849 km244,105 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 2026 is on Friday, August 28, 2026 at 04:19 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 11, 2026 at 03:27 UTC, 15 days later.

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

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Thursday, August 27, 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.