Waxing · 17.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°
Moon age
3.9days
Moon phase on August 12, 2021Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, August 12, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.4% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.
17.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
375,342 km233,227 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 12, 2021 is on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 12:02 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 13:50 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, August 8, 2021 | 13:50 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, August 15, 2021 | 15:20 |
The Moon around August 12
More about this date
Thursday, August 12, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 2021 to the new moon of September 7, 2021, a cycle of 29.46 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2021, or the whole moon calendar 2021.
- The same date one year apart: 2020 · 2022.
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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.