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The Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 2053: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on August 12, 2053Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 August 2053360,227 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 12, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
360,227 km223,835 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 2053 is on Wednesday, July 30, 2053 at 17:06 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 14, 2053 at 00:41 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Tuesday, August 12, 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.