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The Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 2078: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on August 9, 2078Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 9 August 2078389,937 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 9, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 3.3% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
389,937 km242,296 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 2078 is on Tuesday, August 23, 2078 at 08:12 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 7, 2078 at 19:52 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 7, 207819:52
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 15, 207817:34

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Tuesday, August 9, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 7, 2078 to the new moon of September 6, 2078, a cycle of 29.50 days.