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The Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 2038: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on August 18, 2038Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 August 2038400,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 18, 2038, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 87.6% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
400,897 km249,106 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2038 is on Saturday, August 14, 2038 at 22:57 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 30, 2038 at 10:13 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 14, 203822:57
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 22, 203823:12

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Wednesday, August 18, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 2038 to the new moon of August 30, 2038, a cycle of 29.40 days.