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The Moon on Thursday, August 6, 2043: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on August 6, 2043Waxing Crescent

Thursday 6 August 2043381,037 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 6, 2043, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
381,037 km236,765 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 2043 is on Thursday, August 20, 2043 at 15:04 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 5, 2043 at 02:23 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 5, 204302:23
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 12, 204318:57

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Thursday, August 6, 2043 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 5, 2043 to the new moon of September 3, 2043, a cycle of 29.45 days.