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The Moon on Friday, August 10, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on August 10, 2040Waxing Crescent

Friday 10 August 2040399,642 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 10, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
399,642 km248,326 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 2040 is on Wednesday, August 22, 2040 at 09:10 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 8, 2040 at 00:26 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Friday, August 10, 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.