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The Moon on Monday, August 31, 2048: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Last Quarter at

07:42UTC

Moon phase on August 31, 2048Last Quarter

Monday 31 August 2048403,644 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 31, 2048, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 48.4% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

48.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
403,644 km250,813 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 2048 is on Sunday, August 23, 2048 at 18:07 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 8, 2048 at 06:24 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 23, 204818:07
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, August 31, 204807:42
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 8, 204806:24

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Monday, August 31, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 9, 2048 to the new moon of September 8, 2048, a cycle of 29.52 days.