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The Moon on Thursday, August 5, 1999: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on August 5, 1999Waning Crescent

Thursday 5 August 1999369,347 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 5, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.3% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
369,347 km229,502 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1999 is on Wednesday, July 28, 1999 at 11:25 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 11, 1999 at 11:09 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 4, 199917:27
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 11, 199911:09

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Thursday, August 5, 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.