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The Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 2081: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on August 6, 2081Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 6 August 2081359,351 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 6, 2081, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
359,351 km223,290 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 2081 is on Tuesday, August 19, 2081 at 11:15 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 2081 at 01:24 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 5, 208101:24
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 11, 208116:33

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Wednesday, August 6, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 5, 2081 to the new moon of September 3, 2081, a cycle of 29.32 days.