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The Moon on Saturday, August 12, 2073: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 72.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on August 12, 2073Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 12 August 2073378,103 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 12, 2073, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 72.7% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
378,103 km234,942 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 2073 is on Thursday, August 17, 2073 at 17:45 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 3, 2073 at 17:04 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 10, 207309:54
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 17, 207317:45

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Saturday, August 12, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 3, 2073 to the new moon of September 2, 2073, a cycle of 29.37 days.