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The Moon on Friday, August 31, 2068: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on August 31, 2068Waxing Crescent

Friday 31 August 2068405,308 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 31, 2068, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 12.2% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
405,308 km251,847 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 2068 is on Tuesday, September 11, 2068 at 17:19 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 27, 2068 at 18:28 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 27, 206818:28
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 4, 206822:04

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Friday, August 31, 2068 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 27, 2068 to the new moon of September 26, 2068, a cycle of 29.68 days.