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The Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 2028: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on August 16, 2028Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 August 2028375,607 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 16, 2028, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 20.4% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
375,607 km233,391 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 2028 is on Saturday, August 5, 2028 at 08:10 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 20, 2028 at 10:44 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 13, 202811:45
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 20, 202810:44

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Wednesday, August 16, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 22, 2028 to the new moon of August 20, 2028, a cycle of 29.32 days.