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The Moon on Saturday, August 7, 1999: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on August 7, 1999Waning Crescent

Saturday 7 August 1999366,811 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 7, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.0% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
366,811 km227,926 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1999 is on Wednesday, July 28, 1999 at 11:25 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 11, 1999 at 11:09 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Saturday, August 7, 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.