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The Moon on Saturday, August 21, 2055: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on August 21, 2055Waning Crescent

Saturday 21 August 2055366,183 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 21, 2055, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
366,183 km227,536 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 2055 is on Saturday, August 7, 2055 at 10:57 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 22, 2055 at 18:15 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 15, 205514:26
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 22, 205518:15

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Saturday, August 21, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 2055 to the new moon of August 22, 2055, a cycle of 29.35 days.