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The Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 2031: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on August 20, 2031Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 20 August 2031395,504 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 20, 2031, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
395,504 km245,755 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2031 is on Monday, September 1, 2031 at 09:21 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 18, 2031 at 04:32 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 18, 203104:32
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 25, 203118:40

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Wednesday, August 20, 2031 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 18, 2031 to the new moon of September 16, 2031, a cycle of 29.59 days.