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The Moon on Monday, August 22, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on August 22, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Monday 22 August 2072391,545 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 22, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 68.2% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
391,545 km243,295 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 2072 is on Sunday, August 28, 2072 at 15:59 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 2072 at 01:21 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 20, 207217:21
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 28, 207215:59

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Monday, August 22, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 2072 to the new moon of September 12, 2072, a cycle of 29.32 days.