Waning · 22.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°
Moon age
24.6days
Moon phase on August 20, 2014Waning Crescent
On Wednesday, August 20, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.1% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
22.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
400,799 km249,045 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 20, 2014 is on Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 18:09 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 14:13 UTC, 5 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Sunday, August 17, 2014 | 12:26 |
| New Moon (after) | Monday, August 25, 2014 | 14:13 |
The Moon around August 20
More about this date
Wednesday, August 20, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2014, or the whole moon calendar 2014.
- The same date one year apart: 2013 · 2015.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.