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The Moon on Wednesday, August 23, 2079: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on August 23, 2079Waning Crescent

Wednesday 23 August 2079366,363 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 23, 2079, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 13.7% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
366,363 km227,647 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 2079 is on Saturday, August 12, 2079 at 17:00 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 26, 2079 at 17:02 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 20, 207900:00
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 26, 207917:02

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Wednesday, August 23, 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.