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The Moon on Wednesday, August 17, 2078: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 66.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on August 17, 2078Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 17 August 2078399,726 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 17, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 66.7% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
399,726 km248,378 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2078 is on Tuesday, August 23, 2078 at 08:12 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 7, 2078 at 19:52 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 15, 207817:34
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 23, 207808:12

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Wednesday, August 17, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 7, 2078 to the new moon of September 6, 2078, a cycle of 29.50 days.