Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°
Full Moon at
12:29UTC
Moon phase on August 15, 2019Full Moon
On Thursday, August 15, 2019, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
404,896 km251,591 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Sturgeon Moon, 404,924 km from Earth. Micromoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 15, 2019 is on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 12:29 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 03:12 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Wednesday, August 7, 2019 | 17:31 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Thursday, August 15, 2019 | 12:29 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, August 23, 2019 | 14:56 |
The Moon around August 15
More about this date
Thursday, August 15, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2019, or the whole moon calendar 2019.
- The same date one year apart: 2018 · 2020.
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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.