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The Moon on Friday, August 24, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on August 24, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Friday 24 August 2018405,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 24, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
405,305 km251,845 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2018 is on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 11:56 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 09:58 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Friday, August 24, 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.