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The Moon on Wednesday, August 31, 1994: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on August 31, 1994Waning Crescent

Wednesday 31 August 1994395,699 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 31, 1994, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.2% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
395,699 km245,876 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1994 is on Sunday, August 21, 1994 at 06:47 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 5, 1994 at 18:33 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 29, 199406:41
New Moon (after)Monday, September 5, 199418:33

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Wednesday, August 31, 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.