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The Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 2072: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on August 9, 2072Waning Crescent

Tuesday 9 August 2072378,158 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 9, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 26.6% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
378,158 km234,976 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 2072 is on Saturday, July 30, 2072 at 00:17 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 2072 at 01:21 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 7, 207204:15
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 14, 207201:21

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Tuesday, August 9, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 2072 to the new moon of August 14, 2072, a cycle of 29.31 days.