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The Moon on Thursday, August 3, 1995: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on August 3, 1995Waxing Crescent

Thursday 3 August 1995375,977 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 3, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.0% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
375,977 km233,621 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1995 is on Thursday, August 10, 1995 at 18:16 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 27, 1995 at 15:13 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 27, 199515:13
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 4, 199503:16

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Thursday, August 3, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 1995 to the new moon of August 26, 1995, a cycle of 29.55 days.