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The Moon on Friday, August 21, 2048: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on August 21, 2048Waxing Gibbous

Friday 21 August 2048366,673 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 21, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 93.2% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
366,673 km227,840 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 2048 is on Sunday, August 23, 2048 at 18:07 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 9, 2048 at 17:59 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Friday, August 21, 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.