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The Moon on Thursday, August 3, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on August 3, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 August 2017404,710 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 3, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.7% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
404,710 km251,475 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 2017 is on Monday, August 7, 2017 at 18:11 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 09:46 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Thursday, August 3, 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.