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The Moon on Thursday, August 24, 2028: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on August 24, 2028Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 August 2028367,175 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 24, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 22.8% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
367,175 km228,152 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2028 is on Sunday, September 3, 2028 at 23:48 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 20, 2028 at 10:44 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Thursday, August 24, 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.