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The Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 2023: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Full Moon at

18:32UTC

Moon phase on August 1, 2023Full Moon

Tuesday 1 August 2023357,841 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
357,841 km222,352 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Sturgeon Moon, 357,519 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 2023 is on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 18:32 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 17, 2023 at 18:32 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 25, 202322:07
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, August 1, 202318:32
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 8, 202310:29

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Tuesday, August 1, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 2023 to the new moon of August 16, 2023, a cycle of 29.63 days.