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The Moon on Friday, August 17, 2007: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on August 17, 2007Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 August 2007403,034 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 17, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.2% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
403,034 km250,434 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2007 is on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 10:35 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 23:03 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Friday, August 17, 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.