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The Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2048: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on August 20, 2048Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 August 2048366,135 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 20, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 86.2% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
366,135 km227,506 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2048 is on Sunday, August 23, 2048 at 18:07 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 9, 2048 at 17:59 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 17, 204800:32
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 23, 204818:07

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Thursday, August 20, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 9, 2048 to the new moon of September 8, 2048, a cycle of 29.52 days.