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The Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 2072: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on August 3, 2072Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 3 August 2072404,576 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 3, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 83.0% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
404,576 km251,392 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 2072 is on Saturday, July 30, 2072 at 00:17 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 2072 at 01:21 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, July 30, 207200:17
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 7, 207204:15

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Wednesday, August 3, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 2072 to the new moon of August 14, 2072, a cycle of 29.31 days.