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The Moon on Thursday, August 16, 2007: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on August 16, 2007Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 August 2007400,737 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 16, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.2% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
400,737 km249,006 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 2007 is on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 10:35 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 23:03 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 12, 200723:03
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 20, 200723:54

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Thursday, August 16, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 2007 to the new moon of September 11, 2007, a cycle of 29.57 days.