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The Moon on Monday, August 15, 2078: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

First Quarter at

17:34UTC

Moon phase on August 15, 2078First Quarter

Monday 15 August 2078403,885 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 15, 2078, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 47.9% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

47.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
403,885 km250,963 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 2078 is on Tuesday, August 23, 2078 at 08:12 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 7, 2078 at 19:52 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 7, 207819:52
First Quarter (this day)Monday, August 15, 207817:34
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 23, 207808:12

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Monday, August 15, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 7, 2078 to the new moon of September 6, 2078, a cycle of 29.50 days.