Daily lunar detail

August 2014 Moon Calendar

The month opens with a Waxing Crescent and closes with a Waxing Crescent. It contains 4 exact major phase events.

Icons use the common Northern Hemisphere convention: waxing light on the right, waning light on the left. Your sky may appear rotated at other latitudes.

First QuarterAugust 4, 2014 at 12:50 AM UTC
Full MoonAugust 10, 2014 at 6:09 PM UTC
Last QuarterAugust 17, 2014 at 12:26 PM UTC
New MoonAugust 25, 2014 at 2:13 PM UTC

The lunar story of August 2014

New Moon occurs August 25, 2014. Full Moon occurs August 10, 2014. The first major event is First Quarter on August 4, 2014, and the month progresses from 26% to 30% illumination at noon UTC on its boundary dates.

Choosing a day

Select any Moon to open its precise phase angle, illuminated fraction, elapsed age since New Moon, trend, and neighboring event. Date result pages remain shareable but are excluded from search indexing.

Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

What time are daily phases calculated?

12:00 UTC, chosen deliberately to keep date-only selections stable worldwide.

Why can a local phase event fall on another date?

An event near 00:00 UTC may occur on the previous local date west of Greenwich or the next local date east of it.

Do the icons show sky orientation?

They use a Northern Hemisphere convention; actual orientation rotates with latitude and viewing angle.