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The Moon on Thursday, August 23, 1984: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on August 23, 1984Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 August 1984372,960 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 23, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.0% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
372,960 km231,746 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1984 is on Saturday, August 11, 1984 at 15:43 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 26, 1984 at 19:26 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 19, 198419:41
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 26, 198419:26

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Thursday, August 23, 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.