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The Moon on Thursday, August 31, 1995: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on August 31, 1995Waxing Crescent

Thursday 31 August 1995374,359 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 31, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.5% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
374,359 km232,616 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1995 is on Saturday, September 9, 1995 at 03:37 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 26, 1995 at 04:31 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Thursday, August 31, 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.