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The Moon on Saturday, August 16, 2059: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

First Quarter at

11:41UTC

Moon phase on August 16, 2059First Quarter

Saturday 16 August 2059392,841 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 16, 2059, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 50.3% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

50.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
392,841 km244,100 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 2059 is on Saturday, August 23, 2059 at 09:42 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 8, 2059 at 07:38 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 8, 205907:38
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, August 16, 205911:41
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 23, 205909:42

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Saturday, August 16, 2059 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 2059 to the new moon of September 6, 2059, a cycle of 29.64 days.