Waning · 84.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°
Moon age
19.1days
Moon phase on August 30, 2018Waning Gibbous
On Thursday, August 30, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.9% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
84.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
390,787 km242,824 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 30, 2018 is on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 11:56 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 18:02 UTC, 10 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Sunday, August 26, 2018 | 11:56 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Monday, September 3, 2018 | 02:37 |
The Moon around August 30
More about this date
Thursday, August 30, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2018, or the whole moon calendar 2018.
- The same date one year apart: 2017 · 2019.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.