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The Moon on Saturday, August 20, 2078: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on August 20, 2078Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 20 August 2078386,572 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 20, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 90.4% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
386,572 km240,205 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2078 is on Tuesday, August 23, 2078 at 08:12 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 7, 2078 at 19:52 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 15, 207817:34
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 23, 207808:12

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Saturday, August 20, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 7, 2078 to the new moon of September 6, 2078, a cycle of 29.50 days.