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The Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 2087: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

First Quarter at

11:43UTC

Moon phase on August 6, 2087First Quarter

Wednesday 6 August 2087404,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 6, 2087, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 50.2% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

50.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
404,015 km251,043 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 2087 is on Thursday, August 14, 2087 at 06:54 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 29, 2087 at 18:20 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 29, 208718:20
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, August 6, 208711:43
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 14, 208706:54

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Wednesday, August 6, 2087 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 29, 2087 to the new moon of August 28, 2087, a cycle of 29.45 days.