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The Moon on Thursday, August 18, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on August 18, 2011Waning Gibbous

Thursday 18 August 2011405,134 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 18, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.3% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
405,134 km251,739 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2011 is on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 18:58 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 29, 2011 at 03:04 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 13, 201118:58
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 21, 201121:55

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Thursday, August 18, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 30, 2011 to the new moon of August 29, 2011, a cycle of 29.35 days.