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The Moon on Thursday, August 31, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on August 31, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 31 August 2017403,646 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 31, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.0% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
403,646 km250,814 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 2017 is on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 07:03 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 18:30 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Thursday, August 31, 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.