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The Moon on Tuesday, August 29, 2017: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 51.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

First Quarter at

08:13UTC

Moon phase on August 29, 2017First Quarter

Tuesday 29 August 2017403,689 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 29, 2017, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.6% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
403,689 km250,840 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 2017 is on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 07:03 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 18:30 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 21, 201718:30
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, August 29, 201708:13
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, September 6, 201707:03

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Tuesday, August 29, 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.