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The Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 2050: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on August 23, 2050Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 August 2050398,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 23, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 29.5% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
398,788 km247,795 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 2050 is on Thursday, September 1, 2050 at 09:31 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 17, 2050 at 11:47 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Tuesday, August 23, 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.