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The Moon on Wednesday, August 17, 2061: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on August 17, 2061Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 17 August 2061383,162 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 17, 2061, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
383,162 km238,086 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2061 is on Tuesday, August 30, 2061 at 22:18 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 15, 2061 at 09:39 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 15, 206109:39
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 23, 206101:18

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Wednesday, August 17, 2061 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 2061 to the new moon of September 13, 2061, a cycle of 29.46 days.