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The Moon on Thursday, August 2, 2068: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on August 2, 2068Waxing Crescent

Thursday 2 August 2068405,588 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 2, 2068, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 16.8% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
405,588 km252,021 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 2068 is on Monday, August 13, 2068 at 09:51 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 29, 2068 at 03:55 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, July 29, 206803:55
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 6, 206807:38

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Thursday, August 2, 2068 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 29, 2068 to the new moon of August 27, 2068, a cycle of 29.61 days.