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Lunar phase today Edinburgh

Lunar Day 4

Moon phase today August 15, 2026

What is moon today in Edinburgh?

Today's lunar phase in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, the moon is in 🌒 the Waxing Crescent phase, with 8.57% illumination, with an age of 2.79 days. The current distance between Edinburgh, United Kingdom and the moon is 383,101.17km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude 55.953056 and longitude -3.188889 also base on Time zone Europe/London because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Saturday, August 15, 2026
08:49:21 AM
Lunar Day 4
Waxing Crescent
8.57%
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
  • Location:
    United Kingdom, Edinburgh
  • Moon phase:
    🌒 Waxing Crescent
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    2.79
  • Illumination:
    8.57%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    09:28/21:19
  • Altitude:
    -5.14°
  • Period:
    🕑 11 Hours and 51 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    29.79°
  • Distance to Edinburgh:
    383,101.17km
  • Next full Moon:
    August 27, 2026 at 8:08 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    12 Days, 11 Hours and 18 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

August 16, 2026
Lunar Day 3
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 12.81%
Rise
10:53
Set
21:25
August 17, 2026
Lunar Day 4
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 20.66%
Rise
12:17
Set
21:32
August 18, 2026
Lunar Day 5
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 29.5%
Rise
13:42
Set
21:42
August 19, 2026
Lunar Day 6
First Quarter
Illumination: 38.91%
Rise
15:05
Set
21:56
August 20, 2026
Lunar Day 7
First Quarter
Illumination: 48.52%
Rise
16:24
Set
22:17
August 21, 2026
Lunar Day 8
First Quarter
Illumination: 58.05%
Rise
17:36
Set
22:51
August 22, 2026
Lunar Day 9
First Quarter
Illumination: 67.21%
Rise
18:31
Set
23:43

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 MoonThursday, August 13, 202606:2721:060.07%0.25
🌓 First QuarterWednesday, August 19, 202615:0521:5638.91%6.33
🌕 Full MoonThursday, August 27, 202620:0804:5698.45%13.59
🌗 Last QuarterThursday, September 3, 202621:2315:1465.4%20.68

Moon Phase Calendar for August, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
      
1Waning Gibbous🌖 94.57%Age 16.98
2Waning Gibbous🌖 88.99%Age 17.94
3Waning Gibbous🌖 81.61%Age 18.93
4Waning Gibbous🌖 72.68%Age 19.94
5Last Quarter🌗 62.52%Age 20.96
6Last Quarter🌗 51.55%Age 22
7Last Quarter🌗 40.28%Age 23.07
8Waning Crescent🌘 29.29%Age 24.16
9Waning Crescent🌘 19.23%Age 25.26
10Waning Crescent🌘 10.76%Age 26.39
11Waning Crescent🌘 4.49%Age 27.52
12New Moon🌑 0.86%Age 28.66
13New Moon🌑 0.07%Age 0.25
14New Moon🌑 2.03%Age 1.34
15Waxing Crescent🌒 6.43%Age 2.41
16Waxing Crescent🌒 12.81%Age 3.44
17Waxing Crescent🌒 20.66%Age 4.44
18Waxing Crescent🌒 29.5%Age 5.4
19First Quarter🌓 38.91%Age 6.33
20First Quarter🌓 48.52%Age 7.24
21First Quarter🌓 58.05%Age 8.14
22First Quarter🌓 67.21%Age 9.03
23Waxing Gibbous🌔 75.75%Age 9.92
24Waxing Gibbous🌔 83.41%Age 10.82
25Waxing Gibbous🌔 89.92%Age 11.73
26Waxing Gibbous🌔 95.02%Age 12.65
27Full Moon🌕 98.45%Age 13.59
28Full Moon🌕 99.95%Age 14.55
29Full Moon🌕 99.34%Age 15.53
30Full Moon🌕 96.53%Age 16.53
31Waning Gibbous🌖 91.52%Age 17.54