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The Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on August 18, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 18 August 2021369,543 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 18, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.7% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
369,543 km229,623 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2021 is on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 12:02 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 13:50 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, August 15, 202115:20
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 22, 202112:02

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Wednesday, August 18, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 2021 to the new moon of September 7, 2021, a cycle of 29.46 days.