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The Moon on Thursday, August 29, 2019: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on August 29, 2019Waning Crescent

Thursday 29 August 2019358,484 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 29, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
358,484 km222,751 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 2019 is on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 12:29 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:37 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 23, 201914:56
New Moon (after)Friday, August 30, 201910:37

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Thursday, August 29, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 2019 to the new moon of August 30, 2019, a cycle of 29.31 days.