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The Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on August 1, 1984Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 1 August 1984365,030 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 1, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.8% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
365,030 km226,819 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1984 is on Saturday, August 11, 1984 at 15:43 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 28, 1984 at 11:51 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 28, 198411:51
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 4, 198402:33

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Wednesday, August 1, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 1984 to the new moon of August 26, 1984, a cycle of 29.32 days.