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The Moon on Saturday, August 7, 2021: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on August 7, 2021Waning Crescent

Saturday 7 August 2021391,907 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 7, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
391,907 km243,520 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 2021 is on Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 02:37 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 13:50 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 31, 202113:16
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 8, 202113:50

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Saturday, August 7, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 10, 2021 to the new moon of August 8, 2021, a cycle of 29.52 days.