Waxing · 29.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°
Moon age
5.9days
Moon phase on August 31, 2014Waxing Crescent
On Sunday, August 31, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.9% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.
29.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
389,515 km242,034 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 31, 2014 is on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 01:38 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 14:13 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Monday, August 25, 2014 | 14:13 |
| First Quarter (after) | Tuesday, September 2, 2014 | 11:11 |
The Moon around August 31
More about this date
Sunday, August 31, 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.
- 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.