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The Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on August 17, 2023Waxing Crescent

Thursday 17 August 2023406,281 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 17, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
406,281 km252,451 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2023 is on Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 01:36 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 09:38 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 16, 202309:38
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 24, 202309:57

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Thursday, August 17, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 16, 2023 to the new moon of September 15, 2023, a cycle of 29.67 days.