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The Moon on Thursday, August 1, 2024: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on August 1, 2024Waning Crescent

Thursday 1 August 2024386,959 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 1, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.2% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
386,959 km240,445 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 2024 is on Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:17 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 4, 2024 at 11:13 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 28, 202402:52
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 4, 202411:13

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Thursday, August 1, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 5, 2024 to the new moon of August 4, 2024, a cycle of 29.51 days.