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The Moon on Sunday, August 20, 1995: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on August 20, 1995Waning Crescent

Sunday 20 August 1995404,753 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 20, 1995, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.3% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
404,753 km251,502 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1995 is on Thursday, August 10, 1995 at 18:16 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 26, 1995 at 04:31 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 18, 199503:04
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 26, 199504:31

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Sunday, August 20, 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.