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The Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2051: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on August 17, 2051Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 August 2051389,839 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 17, 2051, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 76.4% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
389,839 km242,235 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2051 is on Tuesday, August 22, 2051 at 01:35 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 6, 2051 at 15:05 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 14, 205116:49
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 22, 205101:35

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Thursday, August 17, 2051 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 2051 to the new moon of September 5, 2051, a cycle of 29.56 days.