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The Moon on Saturday, August 3, 1991: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Last Quarter at

11:26UTC

Moon phase on August 3, 1991Last Quarter

Saturday 3 August 1991377,167 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 3, 1991, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.9% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
377,167 km234,360 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1991 is on Friday, July 26, 1991 at 18:25 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 10, 1991 at 02:28 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 26, 199118:25
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, August 3, 199111:26
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 10, 199102:28

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Saturday, August 3, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 1991 to the new moon of August 10, 1991, a cycle of 29.31 days.