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The Moon on Thursday, August 21, 2059: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on August 21, 2059Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 21 August 2059363,870 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 21, 2059, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
363,870 km226,098 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 2059 is on Saturday, August 23, 2059 at 09:42 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 8, 2059 at 07:38 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Thursday, August 21, 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.