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The Moon on Thursday, August 15, 1991: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on August 15, 1991Waxing Crescent

Thursday 15 August 1991388,834 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 15, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.2% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
388,834 km241,610 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1991 is on Sunday, August 25, 1991 at 09:07 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 10, 1991 at 02:28 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 10, 199102:28
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 17, 199105:01

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Thursday, August 15, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 1991 to the new moon of September 8, 1991, a cycle of 29.36 days.