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The Moon on Saturday, August 14, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 37.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on August 14, 2021Waxing Crescent

Saturday 14 August 2021371,443 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 14, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.2% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
371,443 km230,804 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 2021 is on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 12:02 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 13:50 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Saturday, August 14, 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.