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The Moon on Friday, August 18, 2051: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on August 18, 2051Waxing Gibbous

Friday 18 August 2051384,346 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 18, 2051, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
384,346 km238,821 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2051 is on Tuesday, August 22, 2051 at 01:35 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 6, 2051 at 15:05 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 14, 205116:49
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 22, 205101:35

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Friday, August 18, 2051 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 2051 to the new moon of September 5, 2051, a cycle of 29.56 days.