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The Moon on Monday, August 18, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on August 18, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Monday 18 August 1986367,646 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 18, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
367,646 km228,445 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1986 is on Tuesday, August 19, 1986 at 18:54 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 1986 at 18:36 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 13, 198602:22
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 19, 198618:54

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Monday, August 18, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 5, 1986 to the new moon of September 4, 1986, a cycle of 29.52 days.