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The Moon on Monday, August 27, 2040: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 69.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on August 27, 2040Waning Gibbous

Monday 27 August 2040386,385 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 27, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 69.5% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
386,385 km240,089 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 2040 is on Wednesday, August 22, 2040 at 09:10 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 6, 2040 at 15:14 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 22, 204009:10
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 29, 204011:16

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Monday, August 27, 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.