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The Moon on Friday, August 4, 2056: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 40.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on August 4, 2056Waning Crescent

Friday 4 August 2056403,889 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 4, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 40.6% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
403,889 km250,965 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 2056 is on Wednesday, July 26, 2056 at 18:54 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 2056 at 07:48 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 3, 205611:52
New Moon (after)Friday, August 11, 205607:48

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Friday, August 4, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 12, 2056 to the new moon of August 11, 2056, a cycle of 29.48 days.