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The Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2079: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on August 17, 2079Waning Gibbous

Thursday 17 August 2079378,317 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 17, 2079, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 76.6% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
378,317 km235,075 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2079 is on Saturday, August 12, 2079 at 17:00 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 26, 2079 at 17:02 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 12, 207917:00
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 20, 207900:00

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Thursday, August 17, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 2079 to the new moon of August 26, 2079, a cycle of 29.35 days.