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The Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 2066: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on August 18, 2066Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 August 2066402,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 18, 2066, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 6.1% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
402,618 km250,175 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2066 is on Thursday, August 5, 2066 at 16:59 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 21, 2066 at 00:50 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 12, 206620:59
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 21, 206600:50

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Wednesday, August 18, 2066 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 22, 2066 to the new moon of August 21, 2066, a cycle of 29.59 days.