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The Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on August 17, 1943Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 17 August 1943361,778 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 17, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
361,778 km224,798 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1943 is on Sunday, August 15, 1943 at 19:34 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 30, 1943 at 20:00 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 15, 194319:34
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 22, 194316:05

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Tuesday, August 17, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 1943 to the new moon of August 30, 1943, a cycle of 29.66 days.