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The Moon on Saturday, August 12, 2023: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on August 12, 2023Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 August 2023401,014 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 12, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.6% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
401,014 km249,179 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 2023 is on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 18:32 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 09:38 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 8, 202310:29
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 16, 202309:38

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Saturday, August 12, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 2023 to the new moon of August 16, 2023, a cycle of 29.63 days.