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The Moon on Sunday, August 17, 2081: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on August 17, 2081Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 August 2081401,544 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 17, 2081, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
401,544 km249,508 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2081 is on Tuesday, August 19, 2081 at 11:15 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 2081 at 01:24 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 11, 208116:33
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 19, 208111:15

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Sunday, August 17, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 5, 2081 to the new moon of September 3, 2081, a cycle of 29.32 days.