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The Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 2073: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on August 16, 2073Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 16 August 2073391,700 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 16, 2073, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
391,700 km243,391 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 2073 is on Thursday, August 17, 2073 at 17:45 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 3, 2073 at 17:04 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Wednesday, August 16, 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.