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The Moon on Saturday, August 6, 2078: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on August 6, 2078Waning Crescent

Saturday 6 August 2078378,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 6, 2078, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
378,238 km235,026 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 2078 is on Sunday, July 24, 2078 at 22:07 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 7, 2078 at 19:52 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 31, 207821:11
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 7, 207819:52

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Saturday, August 6, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 9, 2078 to the new moon of August 7, 2078, a cycle of 29.41 days.