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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

August 2026 Moon phase calendar

Major phase dates and times are in UTC. Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC on each date, the same moment as each day’s Moon page.

Major phase times

Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon

Which time zone does this calendar use?

Each major phase happens at the same instant worldwide. The dates and times here are in UTC, so where you are the date can be a day earlier or later. The 2026 Full Moon calendar gives full Moon names and times in US Eastern Time.

Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC, the same moment as each day’s Moon page. For moonrise and moonset where you are, see Moonrise and moonset tonight.

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Daily Moon phase

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Daily Moon phase and illumination for August 2026, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
Aug 1Waning Gibbous94%
Aug 2Waning Gibbous88%
Aug 3Waning Gibbous80%
Aug 4Waning Gibbous71%
Aug 5Waning Gibbous61%
Aug 6Last Quarter50%
Aug 7Waning Crescent39%
Aug 8Waning Crescent28%
Aug 9Waning Crescent18%
Aug 10Waning Crescent10%
Aug 11Waning Crescent4%
Aug 12New Moon1%
Aug 13New Moon0%
Aug 14Waxing Crescent3%
Aug 15Waxing Crescent7%
Aug 16Waxing Crescent14%
Aug 17Waxing Crescent22%
Aug 18Waxing Crescent31%
Aug 19Waxing Crescent41%
Aug 20First Quarter50%
Aug 21Waxing Gibbous60%
Aug 22Waxing Gibbous69%
Aug 23Waxing Gibbous77%
Aug 24Waxing Gibbous85%
Aug 25Waxing Gibbous91%
Aug 26Waxing Gibbous96%
Aug 27Waxing Gibbous99%
Aug 28Full Moon100%
Aug 29Waning Gibbous99%
Aug 30Waning Gibbous96%
Aug 31Waning Gibbous91%
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