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The Moon on Wednesday, August 15, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on August 15, 2018Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 15 August 2018375,979 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 15, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
375,979 km233,622 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 2018 is on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 11:56 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 09:58 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Wednesday, August 15, 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.