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The Moon on Wednesday, August 31, 2050: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on August 31, 2050Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 31 August 2050358,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 31, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
358,049 km222,481 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 2050 is on Thursday, September 1, 2050 at 09:31 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 17, 2050 at 11:47 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Wednesday, August 31, 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.