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The Moon on Saturday, August 15, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on August 15, 2015Waxing Crescent

Saturday 15 August 2015403,130 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 15, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
403,130 km250,493 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 2015 is on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 18:35 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 14, 2015 at 14:54 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 14, 201514:54
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 22, 201519:31

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Saturday, August 15, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 2015 to the new moon of September 13, 2015, a cycle of 29.66 days.