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The Moon on Monday, August 13, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on August 13, 2018Waxing Crescent

Monday 13 August 2018364,858 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 13, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
364,858 km226,712 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 2018 is on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 11:56 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 09:58 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 11, 201809:58
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 18, 201807:49

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Monday, August 13, 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.