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The Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 2053: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 60.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

21.8days

Moon phase on August 6, 2053Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 6 August 2053381,228 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 6, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 60.2% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
381,228 km236,884 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 2053 is on Wednesday, July 30, 2053 at 17:06 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 14, 2053 at 00:41 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 30, 205317:06
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 7, 205310:25

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Wednesday, August 6, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 2053 to the new moon of August 14, 2053, a cycle of 29.30 days.