Waxing · 84.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°
Moon age
11.7days
Moon phase on August 5, 2025Waxing Gibbous
On Tuesday, August 5, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.7% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
84.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
396,438 km246,335 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 5, 2025 is on Saturday, August 9, 2025 at 07:55 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 19:11 UTC, 12 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Friday, August 1, 2025 | 12:42 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, August 9, 2025 | 07:55 |
The Moon around August 5
More about this date
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 2025 to the new moon of August 23, 2025, a cycle of 29.46 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2025, or the whole moon calendar 2025.
- The same date one year apart: 2024 · 2026.
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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.