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The Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 1908: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 54.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Last Quarter at

21:25UTC

Moon phase on August 18, 1908Last Quarter

Tuesday 18 August 1908382,963 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 18, 1908, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.3% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
382,963 km237,962 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1908 is on Wednesday, August 12, 1908 at 04:59 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 26, 1908 at 22:59 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 12, 190804:59
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, August 18, 190821:25
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 26, 190822:59

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Tuesday, August 18, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 1908 to the new moon of August 26, 1908, a cycle of 29.65 days.