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The Moon on Thursday, August 9, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on August 9, 2040Waxing Crescent

Thursday 9 August 2040402,174 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 9, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
402,174 km249,899 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 2040 is on Wednesday, August 22, 2040 at 09:10 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 8, 2040 at 00:26 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 8, 204000:26
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 15, 204018:36

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Thursday, August 9, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 2040 to the new moon of September 6, 2040, a cycle of 29.62 days.