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The Moon on Saturday, August 20, 2050: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on August 20, 2050Waxing Crescent

Saturday 20 August 2050405,900 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 20, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 8.1% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
405,900 km252,214 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2050 is on Thursday, September 1, 2050 at 09:31 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 17, 2050 at 11:47 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 17, 205011:47
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 25, 205014:56

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Saturday, August 20, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 17, 2050 to the new moon of September 16, 2050, a cycle of 29.67 days.