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The Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 2055: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on August 17, 2055Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 August 2055388,603 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 17, 2055, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 31.5% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
388,603 km241,467 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2055 is on Saturday, August 7, 2055 at 10:57 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 22, 2055 at 18:15 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 15, 205514:26
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 22, 205518:15

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Tuesday, August 17, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 2055 to the new moon of August 22, 2055, a cycle of 29.35 days.