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The Moon on Friday, July 18, 2008: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Full Moon at

07:59UTC

Moon phase on July 18, 2008Full Moon

Friday 18 July 2008398,171 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 18, 2008, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
398,171 km247,412 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Buck Moon, 398,645 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 2008 is on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 07:59 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:13 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 10, 200804:35
Full Moon (this day)Friday, July 18, 200807:59
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 25, 200818:42

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Friday, July 18, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 3, 2008 to the new moon of August 1, 2008, a cycle of 29.33 days.