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The Moon on Monday, August 20, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on August 20, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Monday 20 August 2018401,491 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 20, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.9% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
401,491 km249,475 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2018 is on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 11:56 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 09:58 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 18, 201807:49
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 26, 201811:56

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Monday, August 20, 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.