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The Moon on Thursday, August 24, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on August 24, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 24 August 2056384,513 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 24, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
384,513 km238,925 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2056 is on Friday, August 25, 2056 at 06:00 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 2056 at 07:48 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Thursday, August 24, 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.