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The Moon on Sunday, August 24, 2014: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on August 24, 2014Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 August 2014406,492 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 24, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
406,492 km252,582 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2014 is on Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 18:09 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 14:13 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Sunday, August 24, 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.