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The Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on August 18, 1999Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 18 August 1999402,854 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 18, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.7% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
402,854 km250,322 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1999 is on Thursday, August 26, 1999 at 23:48 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 11, 1999 at 11:09 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 11, 199911:09
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 19, 199901:47

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Wednesday, August 18, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 11, 1999 to the new moon of September 9, 1999, a cycle of 29.45 days.