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The Moon on Thursday, August 31, 2079: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on August 31, 2079Waxing Crescent

Thursday 31 August 2079395,223 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 31, 2079, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 24.1% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
395,223 km245,580 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 2079 is on Monday, September 11, 2079 at 05:36 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 26, 2079 at 17:02 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 26, 207917:02
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 3, 207907:46

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Thursday, August 31, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 26, 2079 to the new moon of September 25, 2079, a cycle of 29.46 days.