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The Moon on Sunday, August 16, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on August 16, 2015Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 August 2015404,748 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 16, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.3% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
404,748 km251,499 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 2015 is on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 18:35 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 14, 2015 at 14:54 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Sunday, August 16, 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.