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The Moon on Friday, August 18, 2045: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on August 18, 2045Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 August 2045381,662 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 18, 2045, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
381,662 km237,154 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2045 is on Sunday, August 27, 2045 at 14:08 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 12, 2045 at 17:39 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 12, 204517:39
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 19, 204511:55

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Friday, August 18, 2045 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 2045 to the new moon of September 11, 2045, a cycle of 29.33 days.