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The Moon on Friday, August 20, 2027: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on August 20, 2027Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 August 2027398,421 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 20, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 90.7% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
398,421 km247,567 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2027 is on Tuesday, August 17, 2027 at 07:29 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 31, 2027 at 17:41 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 17, 202707:29
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 25, 202702:27

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Friday, August 20, 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.