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The Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 2059: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on August 20, 2059Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 20 August 2059368,959 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 20, 2059, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 88.0% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
368,959 km229,261 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2059 is on Saturday, August 23, 2059 at 09:42 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 8, 2059 at 07:38 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Wednesday, August 20, 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.