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The Moon on Saturday, August 18, 2007: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on August 18, 2007Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 August 2007404,355 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 18, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.3% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
404,355 km251,255 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2007 is on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 10:35 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 23:03 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 12, 200723:03
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 20, 200723:54

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Saturday, August 18, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 2007 to the new moon of September 11, 2007, a cycle of 29.57 days.