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The Moon on Saturday, August 17, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on August 17, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 August 2013363,950 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 17, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.4% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
363,950 km226,148 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2013 is on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 01:45 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 21:51 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 14, 201310:56
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 21, 201301:45

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Saturday, August 17, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 2013 to the new moon of September 5, 2013, a cycle of 29.57 days.