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The Moon on Monday, August 6, 2046: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on August 6, 2046Waxing Crescent

Monday 6 August 2046365,203 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 6, 2046, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 22.3% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
365,203 km226,927 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 2046 is on Thursday, August 16, 2046 at 14:50 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 2, 2046 at 10:25 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 2, 204610:25
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 9, 204601:16

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Monday, August 6, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 2046 to the new moon of August 31, 2046, a cycle of 29.33 days.