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The Moon on Sunday, August 13, 2023: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on August 13, 2023Waning Crescent

Sunday 13 August 2023403,518 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 13, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
403,518 km250,734 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 2023 is on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 18:32 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 09:38 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Sunday, August 13, 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.