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The Moon on Friday, August 14, 2015: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

New Moon at

14:54UTC

Moon phase on August 14, 2015New Moon

Friday 14 August 2015400,950 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 14, 2015, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
400,950 km249,139 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 2015 is on Friday, July 31, 2015 at 10:43 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 14, 2015 at 14:54 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 7, 201502:03
New Moon (this day)Friday, August 14, 201514:54
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 22, 201519:31

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Friday, August 14, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 16, 2015 to the new moon of August 14, 2015, a cycle of 29.56 days.