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The Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 2022: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on August 23, 2022Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 August 2022405,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 23, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.5% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
405,232 km251,799 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 2022 is on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 01:36 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 08:17 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Tuesday, August 23, 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.