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The Moon on Thursday, August 24, 2017: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on August 24, 2017Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 August 2017384,796 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 24, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.9% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
384,796 km239,101 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2017 is on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 07:03 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 18:30 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 21, 201718:30
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 29, 201708:13

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Thursday, August 24, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 21, 2017 to the new moon of September 20, 2017, a cycle of 29.46 days.