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The Moon on Wednesday, August 17, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on August 17, 2072Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 17 August 2072364,995 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 17, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 16.8% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
364,995 km226,797 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2072 is on Sunday, August 28, 2072 at 15:59 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 2072 at 01:21 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 14, 207201:21
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 20, 207217:21

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Wednesday, August 17, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 2072 to the new moon of September 12, 2072, a cycle of 29.32 days.