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The Moon on Wednesday, August 17, 2044: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on August 17, 2044Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 August 2044369,827 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 17, 2044, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 37.9% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
369,827 km229,800 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2044 is on Monday, August 8, 2044 at 21:14 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 23, 2044 at 01:06 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 16, 204410:03
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 23, 204401:06

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Wednesday, August 17, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 2044 to the new moon of August 23, 2044, a cycle of 29.33 days.