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The Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on August 28, 2018Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 28 August 2018397,420 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 28, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
397,420 km246,946 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2018 is on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 11:56 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 18:02 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 26, 201811:56
Last Quarter (after)Monday, September 3, 201802:37

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Tuesday, August 28, 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.