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The Moon on Thursday, August 16, 2046: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 100.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Full Moon at

14:50UTC

Moon phase on August 16, 2046Full Moon

Thursday 16 August 2046400,994 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 16, 2046, the Moon will be a Full Moon: 100.0% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happens at .

100.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
400,994 km249,166 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Sturgeon Moon, 401,277 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 9, 204601:16
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, August 16, 204614:50
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 24, 204618:36

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Thursday, August 16, 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.