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The Moon on Thursday, August 6, 2048: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on August 6, 2048Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 August 2048403,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 6, 2048, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 9.9% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
403,367 km250,641 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 2048 is on Saturday, July 25, 2048 at 09:34 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 9, 2048 at 17:59 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 1, 204814:30
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 9, 204817:59

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Thursday, August 6, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 2048 to the new moon of August 9, 2048, a cycle of 29.58 days.