Daily lunar detail

August 2048 Moon Calendar

The month opens with a Last Quarter and closes with a Last Quarter. It contains 5 exact major phase events.

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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.

Last QuarterAugust 1, 2048 at 2:30 PM UTC

New MoonAugust 9, 2048 at 5:59 PM UTC

First QuarterAugust 17, 2048 at 12:32 AM UTC

Full MoonAugust 23, 2048 at 6:07 PM UTC

Last QuarterAugust 31, 2048 at 7:42 AM UTC

The lunar story of August 2048

New Moon occurs August 9, 2048. Full Moon occurs August 23, 2048. The first major event is Last Quarter on August 1, 2048, and the month progresses from 51% to 48% 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.