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The Moon on Sunday, August 23, 2071: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on August 23, 2071Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 August 2071360,028 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 23, 2071, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
360,028 km223,711 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 2071 is on Monday, August 10, 2071 at 23:39 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 25, 2071 at 08:16 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 18, 207117:57
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 25, 207108:16

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Sunday, August 23, 2071 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 2071 to the new moon of August 25, 2071, a cycle of 29.31 days.