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The Moon on Saturday, August 4, 2040: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on August 4, 2040Waning Crescent

Saturday 4 August 2040405,435 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 4, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
405,435 km251,926 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 2040 is on Tuesday, July 24, 2040 at 02:05 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 8, 2040 at 00:26 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 30, 204021:06
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 8, 204000:26

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Saturday, August 4, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 9, 2040 to the new moon of August 8, 2040, a cycle of 29.63 days.