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The Moon on Sunday, August 20, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on August 20, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 20 August 2056373,126 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 20, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 75.4% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
373,126 km231,850 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2056 is on Friday, August 25, 2056 at 06:00 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 2056 at 07:48 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Sunday, August 20, 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.