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The Moon on Monday, August 18, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on August 18, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Monday 18 August 1975395,974 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 18, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.7% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
395,974 km246,047 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1975 is on Thursday, August 21, 1975 at 19:48 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 7, 1975 at 11:57 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 14, 197502:24
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 21, 197519:48

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Monday, August 18, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 7, 1975 to the new moon of September 5, 1975, a cycle of 29.31 days.