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The Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 2017: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on August 16, 2017Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 August 2017368,133 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 16, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.7% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
368,133 km228,747 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 2017 is on Monday, August 7, 2017 at 18:11 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 18:30 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 15, 201701:15
New Moon (after)Monday, August 21, 201718:30

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Wednesday, August 16, 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.