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The Moon on Saturday, August 23, 2014: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on August 23, 2014Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 August 2014406,303 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 23, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
406,303 km252,465 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 2014 is on Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 18:09 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 14:13 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Saturday, August 23, 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.