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Moon phases August 2008

New moon
Fri 01 Aug
10:13 UTC
First quarter
Fri 08 Aug
20:20 UTC
Full · Sturgeon
Sat 16 Aug
21:17 UTC
Last quarter
Sat 23 Aug
23:50 UTC
New moon
Sat 30 Aug
19:58 UTC

In August 2008 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Friday, August 1 at 10:13 UTC, the First Quarter on Friday, August 8 at 20:20 UTC, the Full Moon on Saturday, August 16 at 21:17 UTC, the Last Quarter on Saturday, August 23 at 23:50 UTC and the New Moon on Saturday, August 30 at 19:58 UTC. The full moon is the Sturgeon Moon.

01New New Moon, 0% lit 0%10:13 02 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 03 Waxing Crescent, 6% lit 6% 04 Waxing Crescent, 12% lit 12% 05 Waxing Crescent, 19% lit 19% 06 Waxing Crescent, 28% lit 28% 07 Waxing Crescent, 37% lit 37% 08First Q First Quarter, 47% lit 47%20:20 09 Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit 56% 10 Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit 66% 11 Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 16Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%21:17 17 Waning Gibbous, 100% lit 100% 18 Waning Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 19 Waning Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 20 Waning Gibbous, 86% lit 86% 21 Waning Gibbous, 77% lit 77% 22 Waning Gibbous, 67% lit 67% 23Last Q Last Quarter, 56% lit 56%23:50 24 Waning Crescent, 44% lit 44% 25 Waning Crescent, 33% lit 33% 26 Waning Crescent, 23% lit 23% 27 Waning Crescent, 14% lit 14% 28 Waning Crescent, 7% lit 7% 29 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 30New New Moon, 0% lit 0%19:58 31 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1%

Exact phase times

August 2008 has five primary moon phases: the New Moon on August 1, the First Quarter on August 8, the Full Moon on August 16, the Last Quarter on August 23 and the New Moon on August 30.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonFriday, August 1, 200810:13
First QuarterFriday, August 8, 200820:20
Full MoonSaturday, August 16, 200821:17
Last QuarterSaturday, August 23, 200823:50
New MoonSaturday, August 30, 200819:58

Saturday, August 16, 2008: Sturgeon Moon, 389,152 km from Earth. Partial lunar eclipse

Full moons · 2008

Twelve full moons, one blue

22 Jan Wolf 21 Feb Snow total eclipse 21 Mar Worm 20 Apr Pink Micromoon 20 May Flower Blue moon 18 Jun Straw­berry Micromoon 18 Jul Buck 16 Aug Sturgeon partial eclipse 15 Sept Harvest 14 Oct Hunter’s Supermoon 13 Nov Beaver Supermoon 12 Dec Cold Supermoon