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The Moon on Wednesday, August 31, 2044: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 60.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on August 31, 2044Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 31 August 2044403,622 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 31, 2044, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 60.7% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
403,622 km250,799 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 2044 is on Wednesday, September 7, 2044 at 11:24 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 23, 2044 at 01:06 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 30, 204409:19
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, September 7, 204411:24

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Wednesday, August 31, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 23, 2044 to the new moon of September 21, 2044, a cycle of 29.41 days.