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The Moon on Friday, August 8, 2081: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on August 8, 2081Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 August 2081363,716 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 8, 2081, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 16.7% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
363,716 km226,003 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 2081 is on Tuesday, August 19, 2081 at 11:15 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 2081 at 01:24 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Friday, August 8, 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.