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The Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 2079: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on August 16, 2079Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 16 August 2079381,508 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 16, 2079, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 85.1% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
381,508 km237,058 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 2079 is on Saturday, August 12, 2079 at 17:00 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 26, 2079 at 17:02 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 12, 207917:00
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 20, 207900:00

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Wednesday, August 16, 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.