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The Moon on Thursday, August 31, 2051: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on August 31, 2051Waning Crescent

Thursday 31 August 2051383,930 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 31, 2051, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 21.6% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
383,930 km238,563 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 2051 is on Tuesday, August 22, 2051 at 01:35 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 5, 2051 at 04:33 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 28, 205117:29
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 5, 205104:33

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Thursday, August 31, 2051 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 2051 to the new moon of September 5, 2051, a cycle of 29.56 days.