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The Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on August 29, 1984Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 29 August 1984361,273 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 29, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.8% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
361,273 km224,485 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1984 is on Monday, September 10, 1984 at 07:01 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 26, 1984 at 19:26 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 26, 198419:26
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 2, 198410:30

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Wednesday, August 29, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 26, 1984 to the new moon of September 25, 1984, a cycle of 29.32 days.