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The Moon on Friday, August 20, 2038: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on August 20, 2038Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 August 2038404,370 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 20, 2038, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 72.7% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
404,370 km251,264 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2038 is on Saturday, August 14, 2038 at 22:57 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 30, 2038 at 10:13 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 14, 203822:57
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 22, 203823:12

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Friday, August 20, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 2038 to the new moon of August 30, 2038, a cycle of 29.40 days.