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The Moon on Tuesday, August 19, 2025: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on August 19, 2025Waning Crescent

Tuesday 19 August 2025375,083 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 19, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.1% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
375,083 km233,066 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 2025 is on Saturday, August 9, 2025 at 07:55 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 06:07 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 16, 202505:12
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 23, 202506:07

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 2025 to the new moon of August 23, 2025, a cycle of 29.46 days.