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The Moon on Thursday, August 4, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on August 4, 2016Waxing Crescent

Thursday 4 August 2016389,103 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 4, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
389,103 km241,777 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 2016 is on Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 09:27 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 20:45 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 2, 201620:45
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 10, 201618:21

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Thursday, August 4, 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.