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The Moon on Thursday, August 18, 2044: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on August 18, 2044Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 August 2044366,573 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 18, 2044, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 27.0% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
366,573 km227,778 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2044 is on Monday, August 8, 2044 at 21:14 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 23, 2044 at 01:06 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 16, 204410:03
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 23, 204401:06

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Thursday, August 18, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 2044 to the new moon of August 23, 2044, a cycle of 29.33 days.