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The Moon on Tuesday, August 14, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on August 14, 2018Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 14 August 2018370,043 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 14, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.3% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
370,043 km229,934 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 2018 is on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 11:56 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 09:58 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Tuesday, August 14, 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.