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The Moon on Friday, August 17, 1934: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on August 17, 1934Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 August 1934382,936 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 17, 1934, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.7% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
382,936 km237,945 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1934 is on Friday, August 24, 1934 at 19:37 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 10, 1934 at 08:46 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 10, 193408:46
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 18, 193404:33

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Friday, August 17, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 1934 to the new moon of September 9, 1934, a cycle of 29.65 days.