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The Moon on Monday, August 20, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on August 20, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Monday 20 August 2040359,727 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 20, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 94.6% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
359,727 km223,524 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2040 is on Wednesday, August 22, 2040 at 09:10 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 8, 2040 at 00:26 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Monday, August 20, 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.