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The Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 1994: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on August 2, 1994Waning Crescent

Tuesday 2 August 1994400,150 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 2, 1994, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.3% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
400,150 km248,641 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 1994 is on Friday, July 22, 1994 at 20:16 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 7, 1994 at 08:45 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 30, 199412:40
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 7, 199408:45

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Tuesday, August 2, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 8, 1994 to the new moon of August 7, 1994, a cycle of 29.46 days.