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The Moon on Thursday, August 28, 2081: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 40.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on August 28, 2081Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 August 2081383,285 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 28, 2081, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 40.6% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
383,285 km238,162 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2081 is on Tuesday, August 19, 2081 at 11:15 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 3, 2081 at 09:01 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 27, 208114:08
New Moon (after)Wednesday, September 3, 208109:01

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Thursday, August 28, 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.