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The Moon on Thursday, August 23, 2068: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on August 23, 2068Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 August 2068393,600 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 23, 2068, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 16.7% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
393,600 km244,571 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 2068 is on Monday, August 13, 2068 at 09:51 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 27, 2068 at 18:28 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 20, 206800:16
New Moon (after)Monday, August 27, 206818:28

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Thursday, August 23, 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.