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The Moon on Saturday, August 23, 2053: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on August 23, 2053Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 23 August 2053404,342 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 23, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 71.7% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
404,342 km251,246 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 2053 is on Friday, August 29, 2053 at 07:53 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 14, 2053 at 00:41 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Saturday, August 23, 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.