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The Moon on Friday, August 22, 2053: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 62.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on August 22, 2053Waxing Gibbous

Friday 22 August 2053402,328 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 22, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 62.7% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
402,328 km249,995 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 2053 is on Friday, August 29, 2053 at 07:53 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 14, 2053 at 00:41 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 21, 205304:27
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 29, 205307:53

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Friday, August 22, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 2053 to the new moon of September 12, 2053, a cycle of 29.37 days.