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The Moon on Monday, August 21, 1995: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on August 21, 1995Waning Crescent

Monday 21 August 1995404,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 21, 1995, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.2% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
404,168 km251,138 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 1995 is on Thursday, August 10, 1995 at 18:16 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 26, 1995 at 04:31 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Monday, August 21, 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.