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The Moon on Sunday, August 28, 2050: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on August 28, 2050Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 28 August 2050371,162 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 28, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 79.2% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
371,162 km230,629 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2050 is on Thursday, September 1, 2050 at 09:31 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 17, 2050 at 11:47 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Sunday, August 28, 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.