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The Moon on Wednesday, August 15, 2007: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on August 15, 2007Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 15 August 2007397,691 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 15, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
397,691 km247,113 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 2007 is on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 10:35 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 23:03 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 12, 200723:03
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 20, 200723:54

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 2007 to the new moon of September 11, 2007, a cycle of 29.57 days.