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The Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 2086: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on August 21, 2086Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 21 August 2086375,927 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 21, 2086, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 86.3% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
375,927 km233,590 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 2086 is on Saturday, August 24, 2086 at 17:25 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 9, 2086 at 10:38 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 17, 208614:14
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 24, 208617:25

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Wednesday, August 21, 2086 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 9, 2086 to the new moon of September 8, 2086, a cycle of 29.61 days.