Waxing · 53.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°
First Quarter at
05:01UTC
Moon phase on August 17, 1991First Quarter
On Saturday, August 17, 1991, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.0% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
53.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
398,512 km247,624 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 17, 1991 is on Sunday, August 25, 1991 at 09:07 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 10, 1991 at 02:28 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, August 10, 1991 | 02:28 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Saturday, August 17, 1991 | 05:01 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, August 25, 1991 | 09:07 |
The Moon around August 17
More about this date
Saturday, August 17, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 1991 to the new moon of September 8, 1991, a cycle of 29.36 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1991, or the whole moon calendar 1991.
- The same date one year apart: 1990 · 1992.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.