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The Moon on Saturday, August 3, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on August 3, 2019Waxing Crescent

Saturday 3 August 2019360,623 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 3, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.4% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
360,623 km224,080 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 2019 is on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 12:29 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 03:12 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 1, 201903:12
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 7, 201917:31

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Saturday, August 3, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 2019 to the new moon of August 30, 2019, a cycle of 29.31 days.