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The Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 2055: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on August 31, 2055Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 31 August 2055386,638 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 31, 2055, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 72.3% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
386,638 km240,246 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 2055 is on Monday, September 6, 2055 at 01:56 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 22, 2055 at 18:15 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, August 29, 205508:35
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 6, 205501:56

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Tuesday, August 31, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 2055 to the new moon of September 21, 2055, a cycle of 29.34 days.