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The Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2028: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on August 17, 2028Waning Crescent

Thursday 17 August 2028369,674 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 17, 2028, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 12.1% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
369,674 km229,705 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2028 is on Saturday, August 5, 2028 at 08:10 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 20, 2028 at 10:44 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 13, 202811:45
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 20, 202810:44

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Thursday, August 17, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 22, 2028 to the new moon of August 20, 2028, a cycle of 29.32 days.