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The Moon on Saturday, August 8, 2043: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on August 8, 2043Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 August 2043390,726 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 8, 2043, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 12.9% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
390,726 km242,786 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 2043 is on Thursday, August 20, 2043 at 15:04 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 5, 2043 at 02:23 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Saturday, August 8, 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.