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Moon phases August 2018

Last quarter
Sat 04 Aug
18:18 UTC
New moon
Sat 11 Aug
09:58 UTC
First quarter
Sat 18 Aug
07:49 UTC
Full · Sturgeon
Sun 26 Aug
11:56 UTC

In August 2018 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Saturday, August 4 at 18:18 UTC, the New Moon on Saturday, August 11 at 09:58 UTC, the First Quarter on Saturday, August 18 at 07:49 UTC and the Full Moon on Sunday, August 26 at 11:56 UTC. The full moon is the Sturgeon Moon.

01 Waning Gibbous, 81% lit 81% 02 Waning Gibbous, 73% lit 73% 03 Waning Gibbous, 63% lit 63% 04Last Q Last Quarter, 53% lit 53%18:18 05 Waning Crescent, 42% lit 42% 06 Waning Crescent, 31% lit 31% 07 Waning Crescent, 21% lit 21% 08 Waning Crescent, 12% lit 12% 09 Waning Crescent, 6% lit 6% 10 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 11New New Moon, 0% lit 0%09:58 12 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 13 Waxing Crescent, 6% lit 6% 14 Waxing Crescent, 13% lit 13% 15 Waxing Crescent, 22% lit 22% 16 Waxing Crescent, 32% lit 32% 17 Waxing Crescent, 42% lit 42% 18First Q First Quarter, 52% lit 52%07:49 19 Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit 62% 20 Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit 71% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 22 Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit 86% 23 Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 24 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 25 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 26Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%11:56 27 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 28 Waning Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 29 Waning Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 30 Waning Gibbous, 85% lit 85% 31 Waning Gibbous, 77% lit 77%

Exact phase times

August 2018 has four primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on August 4, the New Moon on August 11, the First Quarter on August 18 and the Full Moon on August 26.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterSaturday, August 4, 201818:18
New MoonSaturday, August 11, 201809:58
First QuarterSaturday, August 18, 201807:49
Full MoonSunday, August 26, 201811:56

Sunday, August 26, 2018: Sturgeon Moon, 402,406 km from Earth. Micromoon

Full moons · 2018

Thirteen full moons, two blue

02 Jan Wolf Supermoon 31 Jan Blue total eclipse 02 Mar Worm 31 Mar Blue Blue moon 30 Apr Pink 29 May Flower 28 Jun Straw­berry Micromoon 27 Jul Buck total eclipse 26 Aug Sturgeon Micromoon 25 Sept Harvest 24 Oct Hunter’s 23 Nov Beaver 22 Dec Cold Supermoon