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The Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 1995: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on August 22, 1995Waning Crescent

Tuesday 22 August 1995402,546 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 22, 1995, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.2% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
402,546 km250,131 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1995 is on Thursday, August 10, 1995 at 18:16 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 26, 1995 at 04:31 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Tuesday, August 22, 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.