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The Moon on Friday, August 18, 1967: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on August 18, 1967Waxing Gibbous

Friday 18 August 1967388,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 18, 1967, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
388,016 km241,102 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1967 is on Sunday, August 20, 1967 at 02:27 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 6, 1967 at 02:48 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 12, 196720:44
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 20, 196702:27

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Friday, August 18, 1967 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 1967 to the new moon of September 4, 1967, a cycle of 29.37 days.