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The Moon on Monday, August 3, 2020: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Full Moon at

15:59UTC

Moon phase on August 3, 2020Full Moon

Monday 3 August 2020389,253 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 3, 2020, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
389,253 km241,871 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Sturgeon Moon, 389,868 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 2020 is on Monday, August 3, 2020 at 15:59 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 20, 2020 at 17:33 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, July 27, 202012:33
Full Moon (this day)Monday, August 3, 202015:59
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 11, 202016:45

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Monday, August 3, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 2020 to the new moon of August 19, 2020, a cycle of 29.38 days.