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The Moon on Saturday, August 17, 2047: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on August 17, 2047Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 August 2047392,088 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 17, 2047, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 16.5% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
392,088 km243,632 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2047 is on Monday, August 5, 2047 at 20:38 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 21, 2047 at 09:16 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 13, 204717:34
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 21, 204709:16

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Saturday, August 17, 2047 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 22, 2047 to the new moon of August 21, 2047, a cycle of 29.44 days.