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The Moon on Monday, August 16, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on August 16, 1999Waxing Crescent

Monday 16 August 1999396,811 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 16, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.2% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
396,811 km246,567 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1999 is on Thursday, August 26, 1999 at 23:48 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 11, 1999 at 11:09 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 11, 199911:09
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 19, 199901:47

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Monday, August 16, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 11, 1999 to the new moon of September 9, 1999, a cycle of 29.45 days.