Waxing · 37.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°
Moon age
6.9days
Moon phase on August 21, 2015Waxing Crescent
On Friday, August 21, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.3% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.
37.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
399,880 km248,474 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 21, 2015 is on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 18:35 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 14, 2015 at 14:54 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, August 14, 2015 | 14:54 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, August 22, 2015 | 19:31 |
The Moon around August 21
More about this date
Friday, August 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2015, or the whole moon calendar 2015.
- The same date one year apart: 2014 · 2016.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.