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The Moon on Friday, August 12, 2078: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on August 12, 2078Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 August 2078400,892 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 12, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
400,892 km249,103 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 2078 is on Tuesday, August 23, 2078 at 08:12 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 7, 2078 at 19:52 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Friday, August 12, 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.