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Lunar phase today New South Wales

Lunar Day 18

Moon phase today August 23, 2026

What is moon today in New South Wales?

Today's lunar phase in New South Wales, AUSTRALIA, the moon is in 🌔 the Waxing Gibbous phase, with 75.54% illumination, with an age of 9.9 days. The current distance between New South Wales, AUSTRALIA and the moon is 405,447.34km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude -33.8688197 and longitude 151.2092955 also base on Time zone Australia/Sydney because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Sunday, August 23, 2026
08:23:05 AM
Lunar Day 18
Waxing Gibbous
75.54%
New South Wales
AUSTRALIA
  • Location:
    AUSTRALIA, New South Wales
  • Moon phase:
    🌔 Waxing Gibbous
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    9.9
  • Illumination:
    75.54%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    12:40/03:06
  • Altitude:
    -26.82°
  • Period:
    🕑 9 Hours and 34 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    28.14°
  • Distance to New South Wales:
    405,447.34km
  • Next full Moon:
    August 27, 2026 at 4:38 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    4 Days, 8 Hours and 14 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

August 24, 2026
Lunar Day 10
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 80.65%
Rise
13:37
Set
03:53
August 25, 2026
Lunar Day 11
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 87.63%
Rise
14:36
Set
04:34
August 26, 2026
Lunar Day 12
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 93.29%
Rise
15:38
Set
05:11
August 27, 2026
Lunar Day 13
Full Moon
Illumination: 97.38%
Rise
16:38
Set
05:43
August 28, 2026
Lunar Day 14
Full Moon
Illumination: 99.62%
Rise
17:40
Set
06:11
August 29, 2026
Lunar Day 15
Full Moon
Illumination: 99.82%
Rise
18:40
Set
06:38
August 30, 2026
Lunar Day 16
Full Moon
Illumination: 97.84%
Rise
19:43
Set
07:04

Current moon cycle

It's common to give the moon four phases names (Moon Cycle), it's like they divide the moon phases to forth different times, First one is the new moon, second one is the first quarter, third one full moon, fourth one and the last it's the last quarter, In the below we will list for you the current moon cycles with the four times that we talked about
PhaseStart DateMoonriseMoonrsetIlluminationAge
🌑 New MoonFriday, August 14, 202607:2219:060.99%0.94
🌓 First QuarterWednesday, August 19, 202609:4500:0035.34%5.98
🌕 Full MoonThursday, August 27, 202616:3805:4397.38%13.24
🌗 Last QuarterFriday, September 4, 202600:1210:0158.53%21.34

Moon Phase Calendar for August, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
      
1Waning Gibbous🌖 96.17%Age 16.62
2Waning Gibbous🌖 91.3%Age 17.58
3Waning Gibbous🌖 84.58%Age 18.56
4Waning Gibbous🌖 76.19%Age 19.56
5Last Quarter🌗 66.45%Age 20.57
6Last Quarter🌗 55.73%Age 21.61
7Last Quarter🌗 44.51%Age 22.67
8Last Quarter🌗 33.34%Age 23.74
9Waning Crescent🌘 22.85%Age 24.85
10Waning Crescent🌘 13.71%Age 25.97
11Waning Crescent🌘 6.55%Age 27.1
12New Moon🌑 1.89%Age 28.23
13New Moon🌑 0.03%Age 29.36
14New Moon🌑 0.99%Age 0.94
15Waxing Crescent🌒 4.52%Age 2.01
16Waxing Crescent🌒 10.22%Age 3.06
17Waxing Crescent🌒 17.57%Age 4.07
18Waxing Crescent🌒 26.1%Age 5.04
19First Quarter🌓 35.34%Age 5.98
20First Quarter🌓 44.91%Age 6.9
21First Quarter🌓 54.5%Age 7.81
22First Quarter🌓 63.83%Age 8.7
23Waxing Gibbous🌔 72.63%Age 9.59
24Waxing Gibbous🌔 80.65%Age 10.48
25Waxing Gibbous🌔 87.63%Age 11.39
26Waxing Gibbous🌔 93.29%Age 12.3
27Full Moon🌕 97.38%Age 13.24
28Full Moon🌕 99.62%Age 14.19
29Full Moon🌕 99.82%Age 15.16
30Full Moon🌕 97.84%Age 16.15
31Waning Gibbous🌖 93.65%Age 17.16