Waning · 3.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°
Moon age
27.7days
Moon phase on August 21, 2025Waning Crescent
On Thursday, August 21, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
380,737 km236,579 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 21, 2025 is on Saturday, August 9, 2025 at 07:55 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 06:07 UTC, 2 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Saturday, August 16, 2025 | 05:12 |
| New Moon (after) | Saturday, August 23, 2025 | 06:07 |
The Moon around August 21
More about this date
Thursday, August 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2025, or the whole moon calendar 2025.
- The same date one year apart: 2024 · 2026.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.