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The Moon on Wednesday, August 27, 2042: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on August 27, 2042Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 August 2042379,701 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 27, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 83.6% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
379,701 km235,935 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 2042 is on Sunday, August 31, 2042 at 02:02 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 2042 at 18:01 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 23, 204221:55
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 31, 204202:02

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Wednesday, August 27, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 2042 to the new moon of September 14, 2042, a cycle of 29.62 days.