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The Moon on Friday, August 23, 2047: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on August 23, 2047Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 August 2047368,093 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 23, 2047, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 6.1% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
368,093 km228,723 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 2047 is on Wednesday, September 4, 2047 at 08:54 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 21, 2047 at 09:16 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 21, 204709:16
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 28, 204702:49

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Friday, August 23, 2047 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 21, 2047 to the new moon of September 19, 2047, a cycle of 29.39 days.