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The Moon on Saturday, August 22, 2048: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on August 22, 2048Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 August 2048368,386 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 22, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
368,386 km228,905 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 2048 is on Sunday, August 23, 2048 at 18:07 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 9, 2048 at 17:59 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Saturday, August 22, 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.