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The Moon on Sunday, August 6, 2028: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on August 6, 2028Waning Gibbous

Sunday 6 August 2028404,227 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 6, 2028, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
404,227 km251,175 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 2028 is on Saturday, August 5, 2028 at 08:10 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 20, 2028 at 10:44 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 5, 202808:10
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 13, 202811:45

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Sunday, August 6, 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.