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The Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 2027: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on August 18, 2027Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 August 2027403,288 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 18, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
403,288 km250,591 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2027 is on Tuesday, August 17, 2027 at 07:29 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 31, 2027 at 17:41 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 17, 202707:29
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 25, 202702:27

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Wednesday, August 18, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 2027 to the new moon of August 31, 2027, a cycle of 29.32 days.