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The Moon on Friday, August 6, 2055: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on August 6, 2055Waxing Gibbous

Friday 6 August 2055393,826 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 6, 2055, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
393,826 km244,712 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 2055 is on Saturday, August 7, 2055 at 10:57 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 24, 2055 at 09:48 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Friday, August 6, 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.