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The Moon on Wednesday, August 9, 2028: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on August 9, 2028Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 9 August 2028405,453 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 9, 2028, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 85.0% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
405,453 km251,937 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 2028 is on Saturday, August 5, 2028 at 08:10 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 20, 2028 at 10:44 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Wednesday, August 9, 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.