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The Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2017: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on August 17, 2017Waning Crescent

Thursday 17 August 2017366,683 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 17, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.2% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
366,683 km227,846 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2017 is on Monday, August 7, 2017 at 18:11 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 18:30 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Thursday, August 17, 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.