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Lunar phase today Costa mesa

Lunar Day 36

Moon phase today August 31, 2026

What is moon today in Costa mesa?

Today's lunar phase in Costa mesa, United States, the moon is in 🌖 the Waning Gibbous phase, with 83.83% illumination, with an age of 18.66 days. The current distance between Costa mesa, United States and the moon is 373,766.67km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude 33.6659 and longitude -117.9123 also base on Time zone America/Los_Angeles because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Monday, August 31, 2026
05:50:41 PM
Lunar Day 36
Waning Gibbous
83.83%
Costa mesa
United States
  • Location:
    United States, Costa mesa
  • Moon phase:
    🌖 Waning Gibbous
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    18.66
  • Illumination:
    83.83%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    21:07/09:57
  • Altitude:
    42.77°
  • Period:
    🕑 11 Hours and 10 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    30.53°
  • Distance to Costa mesa:
    373,766.67km
  • Next full Moon:
    September 25, 2026 at 6:10 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    25 Days, 0 Hours and 19 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

September 1, 2026
Lunar Day 18
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 81.68%
Rise
21:42
Set
11:04
September 2, 2026
Lunar Day 19
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 72.34%
Rise
22:23
Set
12:14
September 3, 2026
Lunar Day 21
Last Quarter
Illumination: 61.77%
Rise
23:13
Set
13:24
September 4, 2026
Lunar Day 22
Last Quarter
Illumination: 50.5%
Rise
00:00
Set
14:32
September 5, 2026
Lunar Day 23
Last Quarter
Illumination: 39.11%
Rise
00:11
Set
15:34
September 6, 2026
Lunar Day 24
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 28.2%
Rise
01:19
Set
16:27
September 7, 2026
Lunar Day 25
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 18.4%
Rise
02:30
Set
17:12

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, 202607:1320:240.43%0.61
🌓 First QuarterTuesday, August 18, 202612:2822:4932.59%5.71
🌕 Full MoonWednesday, August 26, 202618:4704:4896.36%12.96
🌗 Last QuarterThursday, September 3, 202623:1313:2461.77%21.03

Moon Phase Calendar for August, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
      
1Waning Gibbous🌖 92.92%Age 17.3
2Waning Gibbous🌖 86.72%Age 18.27
3Waning Gibbous🌖 78.79%Age 19.26
4Waning Gibbous🌖 69.41%Age 20.27
5Last Quarter🌗 58.93%Age 21.3
6Last Quarter🌗 47.8%Age 22.35
7Last Quarter🌗 36.56%Age 23.43
8Waning Crescent🌘 25.8%Age 24.52
9Waning Crescent🌘 16.19%Age 25.64
10Waning Crescent🌘 8.4%Age 26.77
11New Moon🌑 2.97%Age 27.9
12New Moon🌑 0.28%Age 29.03
13New Moon🌑 0.43%Age 0.61
14New Moon🌑 3.24%Age 1.7
15Waxing Crescent🌒 8.36%Age 2.76
16Waxing Crescent🌒 15.29%Age 3.78
17Waxing Crescent🌒 23.52%Age 4.76
18First Quarter🌓 32.59%Age 5.71
19First Quarter🌓 42.1%Age 6.64
20First Quarter🌓 51.72%Age 7.54
21First Quarter🌓 61.15%Age 8.44
22Waxing Gibbous🌔 70.13%Age 9.33
23Waxing Gibbous🌔 78.41%Age 10.22
24Waxing Gibbous🌔 85.72%Age 11.12
25Waxing Gibbous🌔 91.79%Age 12.03
26Full Moon🌕 96.36%Age 12.96
27Full Moon🌕 99.17%Age 13.91
28Full Moon🌕 99.99%Age 14.87
29Full Moon🌕 98.65%Age 15.86
30Waning Gibbous🌖 95.1%Age 16.86
31Waning Gibbous🌖 89.38%Age 17.89