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The Moon on Sunday, August 21, 2039: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on August 21, 2039Waxing Crescent

Sunday 21 August 2039383,241 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 21, 2039, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
383,241 km238,135 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 2039 is on Friday, September 2, 2039 at 19:24 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 19, 2039 at 20:51 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 19, 203920:51
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 26, 203923:16

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Sunday, August 21, 2039 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 19, 2039 to the new moon of September 18, 2039, a cycle of 29.48 days.