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The Moon on Thursday, August 17, 1967: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on August 17, 1967Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 August 1967384,615 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 17, 1967, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.6% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
384,615 km238,989 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1967 is on Sunday, August 20, 1967 at 02:27 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 6, 1967 at 02:48 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 12, 196720:44
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 20, 196702:27

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Thursday, August 17, 1967 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 1967 to the new moon of September 4, 1967, a cycle of 29.37 days.