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The Moon on Sunday, August 17, 2059: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on August 17, 2059Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 August 2059387,269 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 17, 2059, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 60.4% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
387,269 km240,638 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2059 is on Saturday, August 23, 2059 at 09:42 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 8, 2059 at 07:38 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 16, 205911:41
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 23, 205909:42

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Sunday, August 17, 2059 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 2059 to the new moon of September 6, 2059, a cycle of 29.64 days.