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The Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 2076: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on August 5, 2076Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 5 August 2076398,443 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 5, 2076, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 26.2% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
398,443 km247,581 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 2076 is on Friday, August 14, 2076 at 17:12 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 30, 2076 at 22:05 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 30, 207622:05
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 7, 207623:21

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Wednesday, August 5, 2076 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 30, 2076 to the new moon of August 29, 2076, a cycle of 29.65 days.