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The Moon on Sunday, August 6, 2079: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on August 6, 2079Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 6 August 2079404,203 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 6, 2079, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 67.9% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
404,203 km251,160 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 2079 is on Saturday, August 12, 2079 at 17:00 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 28, 2079 at 08:33 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 4, 207914:28
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 12, 207917:00

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Sunday, August 6, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 2079 to the new moon of August 26, 2079, a cycle of 29.35 days.