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The Moon on Sunday, August 24, 2025: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on August 24, 2025Waxing Crescent

Sunday 24 August 2025391,886 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 24, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
391,886 km243,507 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2025 is on Sunday, September 7, 2025 at 18:09 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 06:07 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 23, 202506:07
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 31, 202506:25

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Sunday, August 24, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 23, 2025 to the new moon of September 21, 2025, a cycle of 29.57 days.