Waxing · 0.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°
Moon age
0.6days
Moon phase on August 3, 2016Waxing Crescent
On Wednesday, August 3, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.
0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
384,859 km239,140 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 3, 2016 is on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 22:57 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 20:45 UTC, 1 day earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, August 2, 2016 | 20:45 |
| First Quarter (after) | Wednesday, August 10, 2016 | 18:21 |
The Moon around August 3
More about this date
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 2016 to the new moon of September 1, 2016, a cycle of 29.51 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
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