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The Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 2048: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on August 12, 2048Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 August 2048385,352 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 12, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 8.2% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
385,352 km239,447 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 2048 is on Sunday, August 23, 2048 at 18:07 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 9, 2048 at 17:59 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 9, 204817:59
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 17, 204800:32

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Wednesday, August 12, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 9, 2048 to the new moon of September 8, 2048, a cycle of 29.52 days.