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The Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 2010: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 47.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Last Quarter at

04:59UTC

Moon phase on August 3, 2010Last Quarter

Tuesday 3 August 2010390,899 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 3, 2010, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.2% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
390,899 km242,893 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 2010 is on Monday, July 26, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 03:08 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, July 26, 201001:37
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, August 3, 201004:59
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 10, 201003:08

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Tuesday, August 3, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 2010 to the new moon of August 10, 2010, a cycle of 29.31 days.