Waxing · 25.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°
Moon age
4.4days
Moon phase on August 5, 2019Waxing Crescent
On Monday, August 5, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.9% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.
25.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
367,232 km228,187 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 5, 2019 is on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 12:29 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 03:12 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, August 1, 2019 | 03:12 |
| First Quarter (after) | Wednesday, August 7, 2019 | 17:31 |
The Moon around August 5
More about this date
Monday, August 5, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2019, or the whole moon calendar 2019.
- The same date one year apart: 2018 · 2020.
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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.