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The Moon on Thursday, August 6, 2026: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Last Quarter at

02:21UTC

Moon phase on August 6, 2026Last Quarter

Thursday 6 August 2026371,865 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 6, 2026, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.6% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
371,865 km231,066 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 2026 is on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 14:36 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 17:37 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 29, 202614:36
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, August 6, 202602:21
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 12, 202617:37

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Thursday, August 6, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 14, 2026 to the new moon of August 12, 2026, a cycle of 29.33 days.