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The Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on August 5, 2008Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 5 August 2008388,046 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 5, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.2% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
388,046 km241,121 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 2008 is on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 21:17 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:13 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 1, 200810:13
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 8, 200820:20

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Tuesday, August 5, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 2008 to the new moon of August 30, 2008, a cycle of 29.41 days.