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The Moon on Saturday, August 25, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on August 25, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 25 August 2018404,157 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 25, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
404,157 km251,131 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 2018 is on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 11:56 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 09:58 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Saturday, August 25, 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.