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The Moon on Saturday, August 8, 2026: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 23.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on August 8, 2026Waning Crescent

Saturday 8 August 2026365,733 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 8, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.7% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
365,733 km227,256 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 2026 is on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 14:36 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 17:37 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 6, 202602:21
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 12, 202617:37

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Saturday, August 8, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 14, 2026 to the new moon of August 12, 2026, a cycle of 29.33 days.