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The Moon on Sunday, August 21, 2050: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on August 21, 2050Waxing Crescent

Sunday 21 August 2050404,481 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 21, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 13.9% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
404,481 km251,333 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 2050 is on Thursday, September 1, 2050 at 09:31 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 17, 2050 at 11:47 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Sunday, August 21, 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.