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The Moon on Saturday, August 19, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

8.2days

Moon phase on August 19, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 19 August 2056371,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 19, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 65.1% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
371,427 km230,794 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 2056 is on Friday, August 25, 2056 at 06:00 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 2056 at 07:48 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 18, 205604:14
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 25, 205606:00

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Saturday, August 19, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 11, 2056 to the new moon of September 9, 2056, a cycle of 29.42 days.