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The Moon on Thursday, August 23, 2046: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 62.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on August 23, 2046Waning Gibbous

Thursday 23 August 2046399,763 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 23, 2046, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 62.6% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
399,763 km248,401 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 2046 is on Thursday, August 16, 2046 at 14:50 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 31, 2046 at 18:25 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Thursday, August 23, 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.