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The Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 2056: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on August 15, 2056Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 15 August 2056369,657 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 15, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 21.1% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
369,657 km229,694 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 2056 is on Friday, August 25, 2056 at 06:00 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 2056 at 07:48 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 11, 205607:48
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 18, 205604:14

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Tuesday, August 15, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 11, 2056 to the new moon of September 9, 2056, a cycle of 29.42 days.