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The Moon on Thursday, August 24, 2079: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on August 24, 2079Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 August 2079367,017 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 24, 2079, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 6.7% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
367,017 km228,053 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2079 is on Saturday, August 12, 2079 at 17:00 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 26, 2079 at 17:02 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Thursday, August 24, 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.