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The Moon on Thursday, August 24, 1995: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on August 24, 1995Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 August 1995397,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 24, 1995, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
397,015 km246,694 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1995 is on Thursday, August 10, 1995 at 18:16 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 26, 1995 at 04:31 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Thursday, August 24, 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.