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The Moon on Sunday, August 19, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on August 19, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 19 August 2040361,656 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 19, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 87.9% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
361,656 km224,722 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 2040 is on Wednesday, August 22, 2040 at 09:10 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 8, 2040 at 00:26 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 15, 204018:36
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 22, 204009:10

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Sunday, August 19, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 2040 to the new moon of September 6, 2040, a cycle of 29.62 days.