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The Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on August 21, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 21 August 2018403,923 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 21, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.1% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
403,923 km250,986 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 2018 is on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 11:56 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 09:58 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Tuesday, August 21, 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.