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The Moon on Sunday, August 6, 2056: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on August 6, 2056Waning Crescent

Sunday 6 August 2056399,756 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 6, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 22.9% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
399,756 km248,397 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 2056 is on Wednesday, July 26, 2056 at 18:54 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 2056 at 07:48 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Sunday, August 6, 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.