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The Moon on Wednesday, August 4, 2027: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on August 4, 2027Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 4 August 2027362,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 4, 2027, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
362,016 km224,946 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 2027 is on Tuesday, August 17, 2027 at 07:29 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 2, 2027 at 10:05 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 2, 202710:05
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 9, 202704:54

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Wednesday, August 4, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 2027 to the new moon of August 31, 2027, a cycle of 29.32 days.