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The Moon on Friday, August 13, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on August 13, 2021Waxing Crescent

Friday 13 August 2021373,175 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 13, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.7% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
373,175 km231,880 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 2021 is on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 12:02 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 13:50 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 8, 202113:50
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 15, 202115:20

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Friday, August 13, 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.