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The Moon on Friday, August 26, 2050: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on August 26, 2050Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 August 2050383,486 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 26, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 59.2% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
383,486 km238,287 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2050 is on Thursday, September 1, 2050 at 09:31 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 17, 2050 at 11:47 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 25, 205014:56
Full Moon (after)Thursday, September 1, 205009:31

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Friday, August 26, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 17, 2050 to the new moon of September 16, 2050, a cycle of 29.67 days.