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The Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on August 24, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 24 August 2072399,337 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 24, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 84.9% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
399,337 km248,136 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2072 is on Sunday, August 28, 2072 at 15:59 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 2072 at 01:21 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Wednesday, August 24, 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.