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The Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 1937: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on August 17, 1937Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 17 August 1937400,823 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 17, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.2% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
400,823 km249,060 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1937 is on Sunday, August 22, 1937 at 00:47 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 6, 1937 at 12:37 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 14, 193702:28
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 22, 193700:47

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Tuesday, August 17, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 1937 to the new moon of September 4, 1937, a cycle of 29.43 days.