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The Moon on Friday, August 12, 1994: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 30.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on August 12, 1994Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 August 1994369,517 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 12, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.5% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
369,517 km229,607 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1994 is on Sunday, August 21, 1994 at 06:47 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 7, 1994 at 08:45 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 7, 199408:45
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 14, 199405:57

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Friday, August 12, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 7, 1994 to the new moon of September 5, 1994, a cycle of 29.41 days.