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The Moon on Saturday, August 23, 2031: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on August 23, 2031Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 August 2031384,417 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 23, 2031, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 26.4% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
384,417 km238,865 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 2031 is on Monday, September 1, 2031 at 09:21 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 18, 2031 at 04:32 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Saturday, August 23, 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.