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The Moon on Friday, August 8, 2053: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on August 8, 2053Waning Crescent

Friday 8 August 2053371,714 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 8, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 38.3% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
371,714 km230,972 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 2053 is on Wednesday, July 30, 2053 at 17:06 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 14, 2053 at 00:41 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 7, 205310:25
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 14, 205300:41

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Friday, August 8, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 2053 to the new moon of August 14, 2053, a cycle of 29.30 days.