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The Moon on Monday, August 22, 2022: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on August 22, 2022Waning Crescent

Monday 22 August 2022405,317 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 22, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.6% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
405,317 km251,852 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 2022 is on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 01:36 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 08:17 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 19, 202204:36
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 27, 202208:17

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Monday, August 22, 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.