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The Moon on Friday, August 3, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on August 3, 1984Waxing Crescent

Friday 3 August 1984371,651 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 3, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.3% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
371,651 km230,933 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1984 is on Saturday, August 11, 1984 at 15:43 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 28, 1984 at 11:51 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Friday, August 3, 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.