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The Moon on Saturday, August 4, 2018: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 52.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Last Quarter at

18:18UTC

Moon phase on August 4, 2018Last Quarter

Saturday 4 August 2018383,120 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 4, 2018, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.9% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
383,120 km238,059 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 2018 is on Friday, July 27, 2018 at 20:21 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 09:58 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 27, 201820:21
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, August 4, 201818:18
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 11, 201809:58

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Saturday, August 4, 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.