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The Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 2022: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on August 2, 2022Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 2 August 2022390,692 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 2, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.7% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
390,692 km242,765 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 2022 is on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 01:36 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 17:55 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 28, 202217:55
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 5, 202211:07

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Tuesday, August 2, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 2022 to the new moon of August 27, 2022, a cycle of 29.60 days.