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The Moon on Tuesday, August 29, 1995: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on August 29, 1995Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 29 August 1995379,829 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 29, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
379,829 km236,015 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1995 is on Saturday, September 9, 1995 at 03:37 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 26, 1995 at 04:31 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 26, 199504:31
First Quarter (after)Saturday, September 2, 199509:03

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Tuesday, August 29, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 26, 1995 to the new moon of September 24, 1995, a cycle of 29.52 days.