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The Moon on Friday, August 17, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on August 17, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Friday 17 August 2040369,242 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 17, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 69.0% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
369,242 km229,436 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2040 is on Wednesday, August 22, 2040 at 09:10 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 8, 2040 at 00:26 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 15, 204018:36
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 22, 204009:10

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Friday, August 17, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 2040 to the new moon of September 6, 2040, a cycle of 29.62 days.