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The Moon on Thursday, August 5, 2010: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on August 5, 2010Waning Crescent

Thursday 5 August 2010378,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 5, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.0% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
378,998 km235,499 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 2010 is on Monday, July 26, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 03:08 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 3, 201004:59
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 10, 201003:08

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Thursday, August 5, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 2010 to the new moon of August 10, 2010, a cycle of 29.31 days.