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The Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 2051: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 67.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on August 16, 2051Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 16 August 2051394,836 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 16, 2051, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 67.3% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
394,836 km245,340 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 2051 is on Tuesday, August 22, 2051 at 01:35 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 6, 2051 at 15:05 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 14, 205116:49
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 22, 205101:35

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Wednesday, August 16, 2051 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 2051 to the new moon of September 5, 2051, a cycle of 29.56 days.