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The Moon on Thursday, August 5, 2055: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on August 5, 2055Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 5 August 2055390,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 5, 2055, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
390,477 km242,631 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 2055 is on Saturday, August 7, 2055 at 10:57 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 24, 2055 at 09:48 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 31, 205502:11
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 7, 205510:57

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Thursday, August 5, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 2055 to the new moon of August 22, 2055, a cycle of 29.35 days.