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The Moon on Sunday, August 18, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on August 18, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 August 2024366,290 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 18, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
366,290 km227,602 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2024 is on Monday, August 19, 2024 at 18:26 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 4, 2024 at 11:13 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 12, 202415:19
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 19, 202418:26

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Sunday, August 18, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 4, 2024 to the new moon of September 3, 2024, a cycle of 29.61 days.