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Lunar phase today Boston

Lunar Day 56

Moon phase today August 12, 2026

What is moon today in Boston?

Today's lunar phase in Boston, United States, the moon is in 🌑 the New Moon phase, with 0.42% illumination, with an age of 28.92 days. The current distance between Boston, United States and the moon is 369,176.82km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude 42.332 and longitude -71.0202 also base on Time zone America/New_York because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
12:36:04 AM
Lunar Day 56
New Moon
0.42%
Boston
United States
  • Location:
    United States, Boston
  • Moon phase:
    🌑 New Moon
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    28.92
  • Illumination:
    0.42%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    05:26/19:56
  • Altitude:
    51.12°
  • Period:
    🕑 14 Hours and 30 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    30.91°
  • Distance to Boston:
    369,176.82km
  • Next full Moon:
    August 27, 2026 at 7:15 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    15 Days, 18 Hours and 38 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

August 13, 2026
Lunar Day 0
New Moon
Illumination: 0.26%
Rise
06:44
Set
20:20
August 14, 2026
Lunar Day 1
New Moon
Illumination: 2.76%
Rise
07:59
Set
20:42
August 15, 2026
Lunar Day 2
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 7.61%
Rise
09:10
Set
21:03
August 16, 2026
Lunar Day 3
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 14.34%
Rise
10:19
Set
21:25
August 17, 2026
Lunar Day 4
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 22.43%
Rise
11:27
Set
21:48
August 18, 2026
Lunar Day 5
First Quarter
Illumination: 31.43%
Rise
12:34
Set
22:13
August 19, 2026
Lunar Day 6
First Quarter
Illumination: 40.9%
Rise
13:41
Set
22:44

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 MoonWednesday, July 15, 202606:3421:300.85%0.87
🌓 First QuarterMonday, July 20, 202612:3623:2237.16%6.16
🌕 Full MoonTuesday, July 28, 202619:5604:1298.01%13.43
🌗 Last QuarterWednesday, August 5, 202623:0513:1760.29%21.17

Moon Phase Calendar for August, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
      
1Waning Gibbous🌖 93.57%Age 17.18
2Waning Gibbous🌖 87.59%Age 18.15
3Waning Gibbous🌖 79.87%Age 19.14
4Waning Gibbous🌖 70.65%Age 20.15
5Last Quarter🌗 60.29%Age 21.17
6Last Quarter🌗 49.21%Age 22.22
7Last Quarter🌗 37.95%Age 23.29
8Waning Crescent🌘 27.09%Age 24.38
9Waning Crescent🌘 17.31%Age 25.5
10Waning Crescent🌘 9.25%Age 26.63
11New Moon🌑 3.51%Age 27.76
12New Moon🌑 0.46%Age 28.89
13New Moon🌑 0.26%Age 0.48
14New Moon🌑 2.76%Age 1.57
15Waxing Crescent🌒 7.61%Age 2.63
16Waxing Crescent🌒 14.34%Age 3.65
17Waxing Crescent🌒 22.43%Age 4.64
18First Quarter🌓 31.43%Age 5.59
19First Quarter🌓 40.9%Age 6.52
20First Quarter🌓 50.52%Age 7.43
21First Quarter🌓 59.99%Age 8.33
22First Quarter🌓 69.04%Age 9.22
23Waxing Gibbous🌔 77.42%Age 10.11
24Waxing Gibbous🌔 84.87%Age 11.01
25Waxing Gibbous🌔 91.11%Age 11.92
26Waxing Gibbous🌔 95.88%Age 12.84
27Full Moon🌕 98.92%Age 13.79
28Full Moon🌕 100%Age 14.75
29Full Moon🌕 98.94%Age 15.73
30Waning Gibbous🌖 95.66%Age 16.74
31Waning Gibbous🌖 90.21%Age 17.76