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The Moon on Wednesday, August 30, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on August 30, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 30 August 2017404,297 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 30, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.0% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
404,297 km251,218 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 2017 is on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 07:03 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 18:30 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 29, 201708:13
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, September 6, 201707:03

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Wednesday, August 30, 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.