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The Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 2025: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on August 20, 2025Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 August 2025377,676 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 20, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.8% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
377,676 km234,677 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2025 is on Saturday, August 9, 2025 at 07:55 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 06:07 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Wednesday, August 20, 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.