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The Moon on Saturday, August 18, 1984: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 62.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on August 18, 1984Waning Gibbous

Saturday 18 August 1984400,108 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 18, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.9% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
400,108 km248,616 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1984 is on Saturday, August 11, 1984 at 15:43 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 26, 1984 at 19:26 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 11, 198415:43
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 19, 198419:41

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Saturday, August 18, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 1984 to the new moon of August 26, 1984, a cycle of 29.32 days.