Waxing · 48.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°
First Quarter at
15:20UTC
Moon phase on August 15, 2021First Quarter
On Sunday, August 15, 2021, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.5% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
48.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
370,158 km230,005 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 15, 2021 is on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 12:02 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 13:50 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, August 8, 2021 | 13:50 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Sunday, August 15, 2021 | 15:20 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, August 22, 2021 | 12:02 |
The Moon around August 15
More about this date
Sunday, August 15, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 2021 to the new moon of September 7, 2021, a cycle of 29.46 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2021, or the whole moon calendar 2021.
- The same date one year apart: 2020 · 2022.
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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.