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The Moon on Friday, August 15, 2053: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on August 15, 2053Waxing Crescent

Friday 15 August 2053367,040 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 15, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
367,040 km228,068 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 2053 is on Friday, August 29, 2053 at 07:53 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 14, 2053 at 00:41 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 14, 205300:41
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 21, 205304:27

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Friday, August 15, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 2053 to the new moon of September 12, 2053, a cycle of 29.37 days.