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The Moon on Friday, August 15, 2031: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on August 15, 2031Waning Crescent

Friday 15 August 2031405,778 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 15, 2031, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 6.7% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
405,778 km252,139 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 2031 is on Sunday, August 3, 2031 at 01:46 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 18, 2031 at 04:32 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 10, 203100:24
New Moon (after)Monday, August 18, 203104:32

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Friday, August 15, 2031 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 19, 2031 to the new moon of August 18, 2031, a cycle of 29.62 days.