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The Moon on Thursday, August 28, 2053: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on August 28, 2053Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 August 2053399,342 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 28, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
399,342 km248,140 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2053 is on Friday, August 29, 2053 at 07:53 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 14, 2053 at 00:41 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Thursday, August 28, 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.