Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°
Moon age
1.1days
Moon phase on August 12, 2018Waxing Crescent
On Sunday, August 12, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.
1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
360,912 km224,260 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 12, 2018 is on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 11:56 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 09:58 UTC, 1 day earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, August 11, 2018 | 09:58 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, August 18, 2018 | 07:49 |
The Moon around August 12
More about this date
Sunday, August 12, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 11, 2018 to the new moon of September 9, 2018, a cycle of 29.34 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2018, or the whole moon calendar 2018.
- The same date one year apart: 2017 · 2019.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.