Moon calendar

Moon phases in August 2024

The full moon falls on 19 August 2024.

Phases

New moon4 August 2024 at 11:13 UTC396,830 km away
First quarter12 August 2024 at 15:19 UTC397,967 km away
Full moon19 August 2024 at 18:26 UTC361,959 km away
Last quarter26 August 2024 at 09:26 UTC376,694 km away

Perigee and apogee

Event	Date and time (UTC)	Distance
Apogee	9 August 2024 at 01:31	405,285 km
Perigee	21 August 2024 at 05:02	360,186 km

The Moon's distance varies by more than 40,000 km over a month. At perigee the disc appears about 14% wider than at apogee — a difference that is obvious in a photograph and almost impossible to judge by eye, since there is nothing in the sky to compare it to.

Times from an ELP-derived lunar theory, accurate to within one arcminute. Watch the phase change in the live simulation. A new moon is when a solar eclipse becomes possible; a full moon, a lunar one.