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The Moon on Wednesday, August 4, 1999: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 52.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Last Quarter at

17:27UTC

Moon phase on August 4, 1999Last Quarter

Wednesday 4 August 1999371,530 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 4, 1999, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.7% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
371,530 km230,858 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1999 is on Wednesday, July 28, 1999 at 11:25 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 11, 1999 at 11:09 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 28, 199911:25
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, August 4, 199917:27
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 11, 199911:09

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Wednesday, August 4, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 1999 to the new moon of August 11, 1999, a cycle of 29.36 days.