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The Moon on Monday, August 9, 2027: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

First Quarter at

04:54UTC

Moon phase on August 9, 2027First Quarter

Monday 9 August 2027389,986 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 9, 2027, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 53.2% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

53.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
389,986 km242,326 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 2027 is on Tuesday, August 17, 2027 at 07:29 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 2, 2027 at 10:05 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 2, 202710:05
First Quarter (this day)Monday, August 9, 202704:54
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 17, 202707:29

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Monday, August 9, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 2027 to the new moon of August 31, 2027, a cycle of 29.32 days.