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The Moon on Thursday, August 28, 2031: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on August 28, 2031Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 August 2031364,606 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 28, 2031, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 79.4% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
364,606 km226,556 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2031 is on Monday, September 1, 2031 at 09:21 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 18, 2031 at 04:32 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 25, 203118:40
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 1, 203109:21

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Thursday, August 28, 2031 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 18, 2031 to the new moon of September 16, 2031, a cycle of 29.59 days.