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The Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 2020: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on August 12, 2020Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 August 2020399,368 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 12, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.4% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
399,368 km248,156 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 2020 is on Monday, August 3, 2020 at 15:59 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 02:42 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 11, 202016:45
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 19, 202002:42

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Wednesday, August 12, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 2020 to the new moon of August 19, 2020, a cycle of 29.38 days.