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The Moon on Saturday, August 27, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on August 27, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 August 2072405,489 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 27, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
405,489 km251,959 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 2072 is on Sunday, August 28, 2072 at 15:59 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 2072 at 01:21 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Saturday, August 27, 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.