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The Moon on Saturday, August 31, 2024: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on August 31, 2024Waning Crescent

Saturday 31 August 2024397,711 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 31, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
397,711 km247,126 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 2024 is on Monday, August 19, 2024 at 18:26 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 01:56 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 26, 202409:26
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 3, 202401:56

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Saturday, August 31, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 4, 2024 to the new moon of September 3, 2024, a cycle of 29.61 days.