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The Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 2040: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on August 28, 2040Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 28 August 2040392,034 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 28, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 59.7% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
392,034 km243,599 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2040 is on Wednesday, August 22, 2040 at 09:10 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 6, 2040 at 15:14 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Tuesday, August 28, 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.