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The Moon on Friday, August 1, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on August 1, 2014Waxing Crescent

Friday 1 August 2014398,859 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 1, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.7% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
398,859 km247,840 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 2014 is on Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 18:09 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 22:42 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 26, 201422:42
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 4, 201400:50

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Friday, August 1, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 26, 2014 to the new moon of August 25, 2014, a cycle of 29.65 days.