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The Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 91.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on August 29, 2018Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 29 August 2018394,297 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 29, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.4% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
394,297 km245,005 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 2018 is on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 11:56 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 18:02 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Wednesday, August 29, 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.