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The Moon on Friday, August 26, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on August 26, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 August 2072404,146 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 26, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
404,146 km251,125 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2072 is on Sunday, August 28, 2072 at 15:59 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 2072 at 01:21 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Friday, August 26, 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.