Waxing · 31.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°
Moon age
5.1days
Moon phase on August 16, 2018Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, August 16, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.6% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.
31.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
382,155 km237,460 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 16, 2018 is on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 11:56 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 09:58 UTC, 5 days 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 16
More about this date
Thursday, August 16, 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.