Moon phases, August 2026
Last Quarter · New Moon · First Quarter · Full Moon
The full Moon of is traditionally called the Sturgeon Moon. It is 390,398 km from Earth.
1
92%
2
85%
3
77%
4
67%
5
57%
6
46%
Last Quarter
7
34%
8
24%
9
14%
10
7%
11
2%
12
0%
New Moon
13
1%
14
4%
15
10%
16
17%
17
25%
18
35%
19
44%
20
54%
First Quarter
21
63%
22
72%
23
80%
24
87%
25
93%
26
97%
27
100%
28
100%
Full Moon
29
98%
30
94%
31
88%
Illumination at 12:00 UTC each day, drawn as seen from the northern hemisphere. For moonrise and moonset where you are, open your city page.
Full Moon times around the world
| Phase | New York | London | Delhi | Tokyo | Sydney |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter | Wed 5 Aug 22:21 | Thu 6 Aug 03:21 | Thu 6 Aug 07:51 | Thu 6 Aug 11:21 | Thu 6 Aug 12:21 |
| New Moon | Wed 12 Aug 13:36 | Wed 12 Aug 18:36 | Wed 12 Aug 23:06 | Thu 13 Aug 02:36 | Thu 13 Aug 03:36 |
| First Quarter | Wed 19 Aug 22:46 | Thu 20 Aug 03:46 | Thu 20 Aug 08:16 | Thu 20 Aug 11:46 | Thu 20 Aug 12:46 |
| Full Moon | Fri 28 Aug 00:18 | Fri 28 Aug 05:18 | Fri 28 Aug 09:48 | Fri 28 Aug 13:18 | Fri 28 Aug 14:18 |
Also in the sky in August 2026
- Mercury greatest morning elongation (19.5°)
- Moon at perigee 363,265 km
- Moon and Mercury 2.0° apart
- Total solar eclipse
- Perseids peak (up to 100/h; Moon 0%)
- Venus greatest evening elongation (45.9°)
- Mercury and Jupiter 0.6° apart
- Moon and Venus 1.8° apart
- Moon at apogee 404,678 km
- Mercury at superior conjunction
- Partial lunar eclipse
Close approaches are geocentric separations under 3°; from your location the Moon's position can differ by up to about 1°.