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The Moon on Saturday, August 16, 2031: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on August 16, 2031Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 August 2031404,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 16, 2031, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
404,876 km251,578 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 2031 is on Sunday, August 3, 2031 at 01:46 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 18, 2031 at 04:32 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Saturday, August 16, 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.