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The Moon on Sunday, August 21, 2078: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on August 21, 2078Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 21 August 2078381,564 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 21, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
381,564 km237,093 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 2078 is on Tuesday, August 23, 2078 at 08:12 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 7, 2078 at 19:52 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Sunday, August 21, 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.