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The Moon on Thursday, August 18, 1994: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on August 18, 1994Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 18 August 1994377,199 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 18, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.0% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
377,199 km234,380 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1994 is on Sunday, August 21, 1994 at 06:47 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 7, 1994 at 08:45 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, August 14, 199405:57
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 21, 199406:47

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Thursday, August 18, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 7, 1994 to the new moon of September 5, 1994, a cycle of 29.41 days.