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The Moon on Wednesday, August 15, 2046: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on August 15, 2046Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 August 2046398,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 15, 2046, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
398,367 km247,534 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 2046 is on Thursday, August 16, 2046 at 14:50 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 2, 2046 at 10:25 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 9, 204601:16
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 16, 204614:50

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Wednesday, August 15, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 2046 to the new moon of August 31, 2046, a cycle of 29.33 days.