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The Moon on Saturday, August 18, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on August 18, 2012Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 August 2012378,671 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 18, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
378,671 km235,295 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2012 is on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 13:58 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 15:55 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 17, 201215:55
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 24, 201213:54

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Saturday, August 18, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 17, 2012 to the new moon of September 16, 2012, a cycle of 29.43 days.