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The Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 1994: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on August 3, 1994Waning Crescent

Wednesday 3 August 1994396,790 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 3, 1994, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.6% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
396,790 km246,554 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1994 is on Friday, July 22, 1994 at 20:16 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 7, 1994 at 08:45 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Wednesday, August 3, 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.