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The Moon on Wednesday, August 2, 2079: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on August 2, 2079Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 2 August 2079389,885 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 2, 2079, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 29.8% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
389,885 km242,264 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 2079 is on Saturday, August 12, 2079 at 17:00 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 28, 2079 at 08:33 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 28, 207908:33
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 4, 207914:28

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Wednesday, August 2, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 2079 to the new moon of August 26, 2079, a cycle of 29.35 days.