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The Moon on Thursday, August 28, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on August 28, 2014Waxing Crescent

Thursday 28 August 2014400,598 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 28, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
400,598 km248,920 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2014 is on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 01:38 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 14:13 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 25, 201414:13
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 2, 201411:11

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Thursday, August 28, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 25, 2014 to the new moon of September 24, 2014, a cycle of 29.67 days.