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The Moon on Monday, August 7, 2056: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on August 7, 2056Waning Crescent

Monday 7 August 2056396,223 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 7, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 15.2% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
396,223 km246,201 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (0°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 2056 is on Wednesday, July 26, 2056 at 18:54 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 2056 at 07:48 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Monday, August 7, 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.