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Moon phases August 2009

Full · Sturgeon
Thu 06 Aug
00:55 UTC
Last quarter
Thu 13 Aug
18:55 UTC
New moon
Thu 20 Aug
10:02 UTC
First quarter
Thu 27 Aug
11:42 UTC

In August 2009 the primary moon phases are the Full Moon on Thursday, August 6 at 00:55 UTC, the Last Quarter on Thursday, August 13 at 18:55 UTC, the New Moon on Thursday, August 20 at 10:02 UTC and the First Quarter on Thursday, August 27 at 11:42 UTC. The full moon is the Sturgeon Moon.

01 Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 02 Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 03 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 04 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 05 Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit 100% 06Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%00:55 07 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 08 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 09 Waning Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 10 Waning Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 11 Waning Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 12 Waning Gibbous, 64% lit 64% 13Last Q Last Quarter, 53% lit 53%18:55 14 Waning Crescent, 42% lit 42% 15 Waning Crescent, 31% lit 31% 16 Waning Crescent, 21% lit 21% 17 Waning Crescent, 12% lit 12% 18 Waning Crescent, 5% lit 5% 19 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 20New New Moon, 0% lit 0%10:02 21 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 22 Waxing Crescent, 6% lit 6% 23 Waxing Crescent, 13% lit 13% 24 Waxing Crescent, 21% lit 21% 25 Waxing Crescent, 30% lit 30% 26 Waxing Crescent, 40% lit 40% 27First Q First Quarter, 50% lit 50%11:42 28 Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 29 Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 30 Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit 77% 31 Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit 85%

Exact phase times

August 2009 has four primary moon phases: the Full Moon on August 6, the Last Quarter on August 13, the New Moon on August 20 and the First Quarter on August 27.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Full MoonThursday, August 6, 200900:55
Last QuarterThursday, August 13, 200918:55
New MoonThursday, August 20, 200910:02
First QuarterThursday, August 27, 200911:42

Thursday, August 6, 2009: Sturgeon Moon, 404,611 km from Earth. MicromoonPenumbral lunar eclipse

Full moons · 2009

Thirteen full moons, one blue

11 Jan Wolf Supermoon 09 Feb Snow penumbral eclipse 11 Mar Worm 09 Apr Pink 09 May Flower 07 Jun Straw­berry Micromoon 07 Jul Buck penumbral eclipse 06 Aug Sturgeon penumbral eclipse 04 Sept Corn 04 Oct Harvest 02 Nov Beaver 02 Dec Cold Supermoon 31 Dec Blue partial eclipse