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The Moon on Thursday, August 28, 2042: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on August 28, 2042Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 August 2042373,870 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 28, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 90.9% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
373,870 km232,312 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (0°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2042 is on Sunday, August 31, 2042 at 02:02 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 2042 at 18:01 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Thursday, August 28, 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.