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The Moon on Monday, August 16, 2027: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on August 16, 2027Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 August 2027405,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 16, 2027, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
405,788 km252,145 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 2027 is on Tuesday, August 17, 2027 at 07:29 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 2, 2027 at 10:05 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Monday, August 16, 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.