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The Moon on Monday, August 30, 2021: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Last Quarter at

07:13UTC

Moon phase on August 30, 2021Last Quarter

Monday 30 August 2021403,982 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 30, 2021, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.3% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
403,982 km251,023 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 2021 is on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 12:02 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 00:52 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 22, 202112:02
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, August 30, 202107:13
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 7, 202100:52

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Monday, August 30, 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.