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The Moon on Saturday, August 6, 1994: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on August 6, 1994Waning Crescent

Saturday 6 August 1994384,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 6, 1994, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
384,050 km238,637 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1994 is on Friday, July 22, 1994 at 20:16 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 7, 1994 at 08:45 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Saturday, August 6, 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.