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The Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 2030: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

First Quarter at

16:43UTC

Moon phase on August 6, 2030First Quarter

Tuesday 6 August 2030371,470 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 6, 2030, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 47.9% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

47.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
371,470 km230,821 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 2030 is on Tuesday, August 13, 2030 at 10:44 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 30, 2030 at 11:11 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 30, 203011:11
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, August 6, 203016:43
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 13, 203010:44

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Tuesday, August 6, 2030 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 30, 2030 to the new moon of August 28, 2030, a cycle of 29.50 days.