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The Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on August 1, 2018Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 1 August 2018396,913 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 1, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.2% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
396,913 km246,630 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 2018 is on Friday, July 27, 2018 at 20:21 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 09:58 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 27, 201820:21
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, August 4, 201818:18

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Wednesday, August 1, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 2018 to the new moon of August 11, 2018, a cycle of 29.30 days.