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The Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 2087: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 40.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on August 5, 2087Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 5 August 2087403,130 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 5, 2087, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 40.8% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
403,130 km250,493 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 2087 is on Thursday, August 14, 2087 at 06:54 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 29, 2087 at 18:20 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 29, 208718:20
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 6, 208711:43

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Tuesday, August 5, 2087 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 29, 2087 to the new moon of August 28, 2087, a cycle of 29.45 days.