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The Moon on Thursday, August 18, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on August 18, 2022Waning Gibbous

Thursday 18 August 2022394,377 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 18, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.9% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
394,377 km245,054 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2022 is on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 01:36 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 08:17 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 12, 202201:36
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 19, 202204:36

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Thursday, August 18, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 2022 to the new moon of August 27, 2022, a cycle of 29.60 days.