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The Moon on Thursday, August 3, 2028: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on August 3, 2028Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 August 2028397,268 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 3, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
397,268 km246,851 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 2028 is on Saturday, August 5, 2028 at 08:10 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 22, 2028 at 03:02 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 28, 202817:40
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 5, 202808:10

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Thursday, August 3, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 22, 2028 to the new moon of August 20, 2028, a cycle of 29.32 days.