Skip to content
The Moon on Monday, August 24, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on August 24, 2020Waxing Crescent

Monday 24 August 2020368,826 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 24, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.1% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
368,826 km229,178 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2020 is on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 05:22 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 02:42 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 19, 202002:42
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 25, 202017:58

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Monday, August 24, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 19, 2020 to the new moon of September 17, 2020, a cycle of 29.35 days.