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The Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 2040: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Last Quarter at

11:16UTC

Moon phase on August 29, 2040Last Quarter

Wednesday 29 August 2040396,913 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 29, 2040, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
396,913 km246,631 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 2040 is on Wednesday, August 22, 2040 at 09:10 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 6, 2040 at 15:14 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 22, 204009:10
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, August 29, 204011:16
New Moon (after)Thursday, September 6, 204015:14

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Wednesday, August 29, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 2040 to the new moon of September 6, 2040, a cycle of 29.62 days.