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The Moon on Thursday, August 18, 2078: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 75.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on August 18, 2078Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 18 August 2078396,008 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 18, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 75.6% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
396,008 km246,068 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2078 is on Tuesday, August 23, 2078 at 08:12 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 7, 2078 at 19:52 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 15, 207817:34
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 23, 207808:12

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Thursday, August 18, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 7, 2078 to the new moon of September 6, 2078, a cycle of 29.50 days.