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The Moon on Wednesday, August 2, 2073: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on August 2, 2073Waning Crescent

Wednesday 2 August 2073376,118 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 2, 2073, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
376,118 km233,709 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 2073 is on Wednesday, July 19, 2073 at 05:04 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 3, 2073 at 17:04 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, July 27, 207304:29
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 3, 207317:04

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Wednesday, August 2, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 5, 2073 to the new moon of August 3, 2073, a cycle of 29.41 days.