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The Moon on Thursday, August 1, 2019: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

New Moon at

03:12UTC

Moon phase on August 1, 2019New Moon

Thursday 1 August 2019359,957 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 1, 2019, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
359,957 km223,667 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 2019 is on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 12:29 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 03:12 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, July 25, 201901:18
New Moon (this day)Thursday, August 1, 201903:12
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 7, 201917:31

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Thursday, August 1, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 2019 to the new moon of August 30, 2019, a cycle of 29.31 days.