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The Moon on Friday, August 14, 2020: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 23.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on August 14, 2020Waning Crescent

Friday 14 August 2020390,368 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 14, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.8% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
390,368 km242,563 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 2020 is on Monday, August 3, 2020 at 15:59 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 02:42 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 11, 202016:45
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 19, 202002:42

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Friday, August 14, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 2020 to the new moon of August 19, 2020, a cycle of 29.38 days.