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The Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 2053: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on August 20, 2053Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 20 August 2053394,850 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 20, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 43.4% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
394,850 km245,348 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2053 is on Friday, August 29, 2053 at 07:53 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 14, 2053 at 00:41 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Wednesday, August 20, 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.