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The Moon on Friday, August 7, 2015: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Last Quarter at

02:03UTC

Moon phase on August 7, 2015Last Quarter

Friday 7 August 2015376,073 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 7, 2015, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.5% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
376,073 km233,681 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 2015 is on Friday, July 31, 2015 at 10:43 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 14, 2015 at 14:54 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 31, 201510:43
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, August 7, 201502:03
New Moon (after)Friday, August 14, 201514:54

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Friday, August 7, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 16, 2015 to the new moon of August 14, 2015, a cycle of 29.56 days.