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The Moon on Sunday, August 18, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on August 18, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 August 2013362,482 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 18, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.5% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
362,482 km225,236 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2013 is on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 01:45 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 21:51 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 14, 201310:56
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 21, 201301:45

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Sunday, August 18, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 2013 to the new moon of September 5, 2013, a cycle of 29.57 days.