Waxing · 50.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°
First Quarter at
11:07UTC
Moon phase on August 5, 2022First Quarter
On Friday, August 5, 2022, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.5% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
50.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
376,836 km234,155 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 5, 2022 is on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 01:36 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 17:55 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, July 28, 2022 | 17:55 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Friday, August 5, 2022 | 11:07 |
| Full Moon (after) | Friday, August 12, 2022 | 01:36 |
The Moon around August 5
More about this date
Friday, August 5, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 2022 to the new moon of August 27, 2022, a cycle of 29.60 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2022, or the whole moon calendar 2022.
- The same date one year apart: 2021 · 2023.
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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.