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The Moon on Friday, August 22, 2014: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on August 22, 2014Waning Crescent

Friday 22 August 2014405,341 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 22, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.6% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
405,341 km251,867 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 2014 is on Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 18:09 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 14:13 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 17, 201412:26
New Moon (after)Monday, August 25, 201414:13

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Friday, August 22, 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.