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The Moon on Friday, August 16, 2086: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on August 16, 2086Waxing Crescent

Friday 16 August 2086401,645 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 16, 2086, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 39.6% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
401,645 km249,571 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 2086 is on Saturday, August 24, 2086 at 17:25 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 9, 2086 at 10:38 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 9, 208610:38
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 17, 208614:14

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Friday, August 16, 2086 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 9, 2086 to the new moon of September 8, 2086, a cycle of 29.61 days.