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The Moon on Wednesday, August 22, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on August 22, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 22 August 2018405,309 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 22, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.3% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
405,309 km251,847 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 2018 is on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 11:56 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 09:58 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Wednesday, August 22, 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.