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The Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 2028: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on August 22, 2028Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 22 August 2028359,672 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 22, 2028, 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
359,672 km223,490 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 2028 is on Sunday, September 3, 2028 at 23:48 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 20, 2028 at 10:44 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 20, 202810:44
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 27, 202801:36

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Tuesday, August 22, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 2028 to the new moon of September 18, 2028, a cycle of 29.32 days.