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The Moon on Monday, August 28, 2056: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on August 28, 2056Waning Gibbous

Monday 28 August 2056399,286 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 28, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 89.3% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
399,286 km248,105 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2056 is on Friday, August 25, 2056 at 06:00 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 9, 2056 at 17:47 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Monday, August 28, 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.