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The Moon on Thursday, August 12, 2027: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on August 12, 2027Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 August 2027402,154 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 12, 2027, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 80.6% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
402,154 km249,887 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 2027 is on Tuesday, August 17, 2027 at 07:29 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 2, 2027 at 10:05 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 9, 202704:54
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 17, 202707:29

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Thursday, August 12, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 2027 to the new moon of August 31, 2027, a cycle of 29.32 days.