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The Moon on Friday, August 26, 2078: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on August 26, 2078Waning Gibbous

Friday 26 August 2078366,834 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 26, 2078, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 87.1% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
366,834 km227,940 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2078 is on Tuesday, August 23, 2078 at 08:12 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 6, 2078 at 07:59 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 23, 207808:12
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 30, 207802:16

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Friday, August 26, 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.