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The Moon on Sunday, August 4, 2013: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on August 4, 2013Waning Crescent

Sunday 4 August 2013405,262 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 4, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
405,262 km251,818 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 2013 is on Monday, July 22, 2013 at 18:16 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 21:51 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 29, 201317:44
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 6, 201321:51

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Sunday, August 4, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 8, 2013 to the new moon of August 6, 2013, a cycle of 29.61 days.