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The Moon on Saturday, August 17, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on August 17, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 August 2024371,157 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 17, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.8% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
371,157 km230,626 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2024 is on Monday, August 19, 2024 at 18:26 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 4, 2024 at 11:13 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 12, 202415:19
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 19, 202418:26

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Saturday, August 17, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 4, 2024 to the new moon of September 3, 2024, a cycle of 29.61 days.