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The Moon on Thursday, August 29, 2024: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on August 29, 2024Waning Crescent

Thursday 29 August 2024390,699 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 29, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.4% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
390,699 km242,769 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 2024 is on Monday, August 19, 2024 at 18:26 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 01:56 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 26, 202409:26
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 3, 202401:56

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Thursday, August 29, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 4, 2024 to the new moon of September 3, 2024, a cycle of 29.61 days.