Today's lunar phase in Essen, Germany, the moon is in 🌗 the Last Quarter phase, with 35.46% illumination, with an age of 23.54 days. The current distance between Essen, Germany and the moon is 363,306.31km.
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
| Phase | Start Date | Moonrise | Moonrset | Illumination | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🌑 New Moon | Thursday, August 13, 2026 | 06:56 | 21:16 | 0.05% | 0.2 |
| 🌓 First Quarter | Wednesday, August 19, 2026 | 14:53 | 22:44 | 38.51% | 6.29 |
| 🌕 Full Moon | Thursday, August 27, 2026 | 20:15 | 05:29 | 98.34% | 13.55 |
| 🌗 Last Quarter | Thursday, September 3, 2026 | 22:16 | 14:56 | 65.85% | 20.63 |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1Waning Gibbous🌖 84.78%Age 18.53 | 2Waning Gibbous🌖 76.01%Age 19.58 | 3Last Quarter🌗 65.85%Age 20.63 | 4Last Quarter🌗 54.77%Age 21.7 | 5Last Quarter🌗 43.36%Age 22.77 | ||
6Last Quarter🌗 32.19%Age 23.86 | 7Waning Crescent🌘 21.91%Age 24.95 | 8Waning Crescent🌘 13.11%Age 26.05 | 9Waning Crescent🌘 6.31%Age 27.14 | 10New Moon🌑 1.9%Age 28.23 | 11New Moon🌑 0.06%Age 29.3 | 12New Moon🌑 0.75%Age 0.82 |
13New Moon🌑 3.77%Age 1.84 | 14Waxing Crescent🌒 8.78%Age 2.83 | 15Waxing Crescent🌒 15.39%Age 3.79 | 16Waxing Crescent🌒 23.21%Age 4.72 | 17First Quarter🌓 31.87%Age 5.64 | 18First Quarter🌓 41.07%Age 6.54 | 19First Quarter🌓 50.5%Age 7.43 |
20First Quarter🌓 59.89%Age 8.32 | 21First Quarter🌓 68.99%Age 9.21 | 22Waxing Gibbous🌔 77.5%Age 10.12 | 23Waxing Gibbous🌔 85.14%Age 11.04 | 24Waxing Gibbous🌔 91.55%Age 11.99 | 25Full Moon🌕 96.38%Age 12.97 | 26Full Moon🌕 99.28%Age 13.97 |
27Full Moon🌕 99.94%Age 14.99 | 28Full Moon🌕 98.17%Age 16.04 | 29Waning Gibbous🌖 93.91%Age 17.11 | 30Waning Gibbous🌖 87.32%Age 18.19 |
