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The Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on August 1, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 1 August 2017404,123 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 1, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.6% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
404,123 km251,110 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 2017 is on Monday, August 7, 2017 at 18:11 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 09:46 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 30, 201715:23
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 7, 201718:11

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Tuesday, August 1, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 23, 2017 to the new moon of August 21, 2017, a cycle of 29.36 days.