Waning · 51.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°
Last Quarter at
14:56UTC
Moon phase on August 23, 2019Last Quarter
On Friday, August 23, 2019, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.4% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .
51.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
389,825 km242,226 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 23, 2019 is on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 12:29 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:37 UTC, 7 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Thursday, August 15, 2019 | 12:29 |
| Last Quarter (this day) | Friday, August 23, 2019 | 14:56 |
| New Moon (after) | Friday, August 30, 2019 | 10:37 |
The Moon around August 23
More about this date
Friday, August 23, 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.