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The Moon on Thursday, August 17, 1995: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on August 17, 1995Waning Gibbous

Thursday 17 August 1995399,280 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 17, 1995, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.2% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
399,280 km248,101 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1995 is on Thursday, August 10, 1995 at 18:16 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 26, 1995 at 04:31 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 10, 199518:16
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 18, 199503:04

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Thursday, August 17, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 1995 to the new moon of August 26, 1995, a cycle of 29.55 days.