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The Moon on Monday, August 21, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on August 21, 2023Waxing Crescent

Monday 21 August 2023397,556 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 21, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.1% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
397,556 km247,030 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 2023 is on Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 01:36 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 09:38 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 16, 202309:38
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 24, 202309:57

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Monday, August 21, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 16, 2023 to the new moon of September 15, 2023, a cycle of 29.67 days.