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The Moon on Saturday, August 5, 2073: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on August 5, 2073Waxing Crescent

Saturday 5 August 2073366,435 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 5, 2073, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
366,435 km227,692 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 2073 is on Thursday, August 17, 2073 at 17:45 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 3, 2073 at 17:04 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 3, 207317:04
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 10, 207309:54

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Saturday, August 5, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 3, 2073 to the new moon of September 2, 2073, a cycle of 29.37 days.