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The Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 2071: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 74.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on August 5, 2071Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 5 August 2071401,229 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 5, 2071, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 74.9% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
401,229 km249,312 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 2071 is on Monday, August 10, 2071 at 23:39 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 27, 2071 at 00:56 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, August 2, 207121:05
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 10, 207123:39

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Wednesday, August 5, 2071 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 2071 to the new moon of August 25, 2071, a cycle of 29.31 days.