Waxing · 47.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°
First Quarter at
18:14UTC
Moon phase on August 16, 2010First Quarter
On Monday, August 16, 2010, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.3% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
47.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
380,356 km236,342 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 16, 2010 is on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 17:05 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 03:08 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, August 10, 2010 | 03:08 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Monday, August 16, 2010 | 18:14 |
| Full Moon (after) | Tuesday, August 24, 2010 | 17:05 |
The Moon around August 16
More about this date
Monday, August 16, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 2010 to the new moon of September 8, 2010, a cycle of 29.31 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2010, or the whole moon calendar 2010.
- The same date one year apart: 2009 · 2011.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.