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The Moon on Thursday, August 29, 2013: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on August 29, 2013Waning Crescent

Thursday 29 August 2013403,529 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 29, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
403,529 km250,741 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 2013 is on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 01:45 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 11:36 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 28, 201309:35
New Moon (after)Thursday, September 5, 201311:36

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Thursday, August 29, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 2013 to the new moon of September 5, 2013, a cycle of 29.57 days.