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The Moon on Wednesday, August 23, 2073: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on August 23, 2073Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 23 August 2073404,716 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 23, 2073, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 72.1% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
404,716 km251,479 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 2073 is on Thursday, August 17, 2073 at 17:45 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 2, 2073 at 01:52 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 17, 207317:45
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 25, 207321:05

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Wednesday, August 23, 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.