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The Moon on Sunday, August 17, 2025: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on August 17, 2025Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 August 2025371,322 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 17, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.6% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
371,322 km230,728 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2025 is on Saturday, August 9, 2025 at 07:55 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 06:07 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 16, 202505:12
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 23, 202506:07

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Sunday, August 17, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 2025 to the new moon of August 23, 2025, a cycle of 29.46 days.