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The Moon on Wednesday, August 17, 1994: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on August 17, 1994Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 17 August 1994374,690 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 17, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.7% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
374,690 km232,821 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1994 is on Sunday, August 21, 1994 at 06:47 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 7, 1994 at 08:45 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, August 14, 199405:57
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 21, 199406:47

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Wednesday, August 17, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 7, 1994 to the new moon of September 5, 1994, a cycle of 29.41 days.