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The Moon on Wednesday, August 10, 2016: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

First Quarter at

18:21UTC

Moon phase on August 10, 2016First Quarter

Wednesday 10 August 2016404,092 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 10, 2016, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.6% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
404,092 km251,091 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 2016 is on Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 09:27 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 20:45 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 2, 201620:45
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, August 10, 201618:21
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 18, 201609:27

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 2016 to the new moon of September 1, 2016, a cycle of 29.51 days.