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The Moon on Monday, August 15, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on August 15, 2072Waxing Crescent

Monday 15 August 2072358,552 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 15, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
358,552 km222,794 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 2072 is on Sunday, August 28, 2072 at 15:59 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 2072 at 01:21 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 14, 207201:21
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 20, 207217:21

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Monday, August 15, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 2072 to the new moon of September 12, 2072, a cycle of 29.32 days.