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The Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on August 22, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 22 August 2056377,924 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 22, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 91.5% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
377,924 km234,831 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 2056 is on Friday, August 25, 2056 at 06:00 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 2056 at 07:48 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Tuesday, August 22, 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.