Waxing · 7.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°
Moon age
2.6days
Moon phase on August 5, 2016Waxing Crescent
On Friday, August 5, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.4% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.
7.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
393,327 km244,402 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 5, 2016 is on Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 09:27 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 20:45 UTC, 3 days 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 5
More about this date
Friday, August 5, 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.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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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.