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The Moon on Thursday, August 28, 2036: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

First Quarter at

14:43UTC

Moon phase on August 28, 2036First Quarter

Thursday 28 August 2036391,112 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 28, 2036, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 49.0% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

49.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
391,112 km243,025 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2036 is on Friday, September 5, 2036 at 18:46 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 21, 2036 at 17:35 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 21, 203617:35
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, August 28, 203614:43
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 5, 203618:46

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Thursday, August 28, 2036 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 21, 2036 to the new moon of September 20, 2036, a cycle of 29.34 days.