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The Moon on Monday, August 17, 2048: First Quarter, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

First Quarter at

00:32UTC

Moon phase on August 17, 2048First Quarter

Monday 17 August 2048370,189 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 17, 2048, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 55.6% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

55.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
370,189 km230,024 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2048 is on Sunday, August 23, 2048 at 18:07 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 9, 2048 at 17:59 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 9, 204817:59
First Quarter (this day)Monday, August 17, 204800:32
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 23, 204818:07

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Monday, August 17, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 9, 2048 to the new moon of September 8, 2048, a cycle of 29.52 days.