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The Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 2046: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 43.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on August 8, 2046Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 8 August 2046372,095 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 8, 2046, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 43.9% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
372,095 km231,209 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 2046 is on Thursday, August 16, 2046 at 14:50 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 2, 2046 at 10:25 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Wednesday, August 8, 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.