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The Moon on Thursday, August 24, 2023: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

First Quarter at

09:57UTC

Moon phase on August 24, 2023First Quarter

Thursday 24 August 2023382,984 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 24, 2023, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.0% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
382,984 km237,975 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2023 is on Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 01:36 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 09:38 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 16, 202309:38
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, August 24, 202309:57
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 31, 202301:36

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Thursday, August 24, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 16, 2023 to the new moon of September 15, 2023, a cycle of 29.67 days.