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The Moon on Thursday, August 18, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on August 18, 2072Waxing Crescent

Thursday 18 August 2072369,980 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 18, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 26.4% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
369,980 km229,895 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2072 is on Sunday, August 28, 2072 at 15:59 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 2072 at 01:21 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 14, 207201:21
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 20, 207217:21

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Thursday, August 18, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 2072 to the new moon of September 12, 2072, a cycle of 29.32 days.