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The Moon on Sunday, August 5, 2068: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on August 5, 2068Waxing Crescent

Sunday 5 August 2068400,152 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 5, 2068, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 42.2% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
400,152 km248,643 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 2068 is on Monday, August 13, 2068 at 09:51 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 29, 2068 at 03:55 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Sunday, August 5, 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.