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The Moon on Saturday, August 6, 2044: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on August 6, 2044Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 6 August 2044404,916 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 6, 2044, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
404,916 km251,603 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 2044 is on Monday, August 8, 2044 at 21:14 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 24, 2044 at 17:10 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 31, 204417:40
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 8, 204421:14

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Saturday, August 6, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 2044 to the new moon of August 23, 2044, a cycle of 29.33 days.