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The Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 2030: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Last Quarter at

01:15UTC

Moon phase on August 21, 2030Last Quarter

Wednesday 21 August 2030404,030 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 21, 2030, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 45.9% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

45.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
404,030 km251,052 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 2030 is on Tuesday, August 13, 2030 at 10:44 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 28, 2030 at 23:07 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 13, 203010:44
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, August 21, 203001:15
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 28, 203023:07

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Wednesday, August 21, 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.