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The Moon on Wednesday, August 23, 2028: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on August 23, 2028Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 23 August 2028362,801 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 23, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 13.7% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
362,801 km225,434 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 2028 is on Sunday, September 3, 2028 at 23:48 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 20, 2028 at 10:44 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Wednesday, August 23, 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.