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The Moon on Monday, August 18, 2014: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on August 18, 2014Waning Crescent

Monday 18 August 2014392,552 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 18, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.1% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
392,552 km243,921 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2014 is on Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 18:09 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 14:13 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 17, 201412:26
New Moon (after)Monday, August 25, 201414:13

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Monday, August 18, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 26, 2014 to the new moon of August 25, 2014, a cycle of 29.65 days.