Waxing · 51.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°
First Quarter at
07:49UTC
Moon phase on August 18, 2018First Quarter
On Saturday, August 18, 2018, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.9% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
51.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
393,479 km244,496 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 18, 2018 is on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 11:56 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 09:58 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, August 11, 2018 | 09:58 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Saturday, August 18, 2018 | 07:49 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, August 26, 2018 | 11:56 |
The Moon around August 18
More about this date
Saturday, August 18, 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.