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The Moon on Monday, August 18, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on August 18, 2008Waning Gibbous

Monday 18 August 2008383,364 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 18, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
383,364 km238,211 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2008 is on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 21:17 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 19:58 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 16, 200821:17
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, August 23, 200823:50

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Monday, August 18, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 2008 to the new moon of August 30, 2008, a cycle of 29.41 days.