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The Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 2074: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

First Quarter at

12:12UTC

Moon phase on August 29, 2074First Quarter

Wednesday 29 August 2074369,838 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 29, 2074, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 50.0% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

50.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
369,838 km229,807 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 2074 is on Wednesday, September 5, 2074 at 13:13 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 22, 2074 at 14:59 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 22, 207414:59
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, August 29, 207412:12
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, September 5, 207413:13

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Wednesday, August 29, 2074 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 2074 to the new moon of September 21, 2074, a cycle of 29.44 days.