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The Moon on Monday, August 18, 2053: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on August 18, 2053Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 August 2053383,856 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 18, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 24.1% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
383,856 km238,517 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2053 is on Friday, August 29, 2053 at 07:53 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 14, 2053 at 00:41 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 14, 205300:41
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 21, 205304:27

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Monday, August 18, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 2053 to the new moon of September 12, 2053, a cycle of 29.37 days.