MoonPhases

August 2025 · Saturday · 1 year ago

2 August 2025

First Quarter

59% illuminated and waxing, 8.7 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 2 August 2025: First Quarter, 59% illuminated

Ephemeris for 2 August 2025 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
First Quarter
Illumination
59.3%
Lunar age
8.7 days
Elongation
100.6°
Distance
403,887 km
Distance (mi)
250,964 mi
Apparent size
29.6′
Constellation
Scorpio
Libration lat
6.0° N
Libration lon
0.8° W

Moonrise and moonset

Times in each city's own time zone. A “+1” means the event falls on the following day — the lunar day is about 50 minutes longer than ours, so rise and set drift later each date.
CityMoonriseTransitMoonsetPeak altitude
London15:3719:3623:2714.3°
New York15:0119:4200:17 +124.4°
Chicago15:0219:3800:08 +123.1°
Denver15:0719:5000:27 +125.1°
Los Angeles14:4519:4500:0530.7°
Mexico City13:5119:2600:1745.6°
São Paulo11:5318:4900:5389.7°
Berlin15:4619:4123:2613.4°

Somewhere else? The calculator works for any latitude and longitude, including your own.

Phases around this date

PhaseDateTime (UTC)From this date
Full Moon9 August 202507:55in 7 days
Last Quarter16 August 202505:12in 14 days
New Moon23 August 202506:07in 21 days
First Quarter31 August 202506:25in 29 days