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The Moon on Wednesday, August 28, 2019: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on August 28, 2019Waning Crescent

Wednesday 28 August 2019361,593 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 28, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
361,593 km224,684 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2019 is on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 12:29 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:37 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 23, 201914:56
New Moon (after)Friday, August 30, 201910:37

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Wednesday, August 28, 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.