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The Moon on Wednesday, August 31, 2078: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 34.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on August 31, 2078Waning Crescent

Wednesday 31 August 2078374,611 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 31, 2078, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 34.5% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
374,611 km232,772 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 2078 is on Tuesday, August 23, 2078 at 08:12 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 6, 2078 at 07:59 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 30, 207802:16
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 6, 207807:59

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Wednesday, August 31, 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.