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The Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 2043: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

First Quarter at

18:57UTC

Moon phase on August 12, 2043First Quarter

Wednesday 12 August 2043403,706 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 12, 2043, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 47.4% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

47.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
403,706 km250,851 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 2043 is on Thursday, August 20, 2043 at 15:04 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 5, 2043 at 02:23 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 5, 204302:23
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, August 12, 204318:57
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 20, 204315:04

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Wednesday, August 12, 2043 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 5, 2043 to the new moon of September 3, 2043, a cycle of 29.45 days.