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The Moon on Sunday, August 15, 2027: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on August 15, 2027Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 15 August 2027406,069 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 15, 2027, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
406,069 km252,320 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 2027 is on Tuesday, August 17, 2027 at 07:29 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 2, 2027 at 10:05 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Sunday, August 15, 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.