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The Moon on Saturday, August 26, 2056: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

15.2days

Moon phase on August 26, 2056Waning Gibbous

Saturday 26 August 2056392,170 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 26, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
392,170 km243,683 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2056 is on Friday, August 25, 2056 at 06:00 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 9, 2056 at 17:47 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 25, 205606:00
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, September 2, 205605:43

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Saturday, August 26, 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.