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The Moon on Thursday, August 21, 2031: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on August 21, 2031Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 August 2031392,127 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 21, 2031, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 10.6% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
392,127 km243,656 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 2031 is on Monday, September 1, 2031 at 09:21 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 18, 2031 at 04:32 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Thursday, August 21, 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.