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The Moon on Saturday, August 18, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on August 18, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 August 2040364,955 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 18, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 79.2% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
364,955 km226,772 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2040 is on Wednesday, August 22, 2040 at 09:10 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 8, 2040 at 00:26 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 15, 204018:36
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 22, 204009:10

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Saturday, August 18, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 2040 to the new moon of September 6, 2040, a cycle of 29.62 days.