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Lunar phase today Salem

Lunar Day 8

Moon phase today August 16, 2026

What is moon today in Salem?

Today's lunar phase in Salem, United States, the moon is in 🌒 the Waxing Crescent phase, with 18.73% illumination, with an age of 4.21 days. The current distance between Salem, United States and the moon is 389,914.18km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude 44.9237 and longitude -123.0231 also base on Time zone America/Los_Angeles because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Sunday, August 16, 2026
10:26:19 AM
Lunar Day 8
Waxing Crescent
18.73%
Salem
United States
  • Location:
    United States, Salem
  • Moon phase:
    🌒 Waxing Crescent
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    4.21
  • Illumination:
    18.73%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    11:01/21:51
  • Altitude:
    -5.75°
  • Period:
    🕑 10 Hours and 50 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    29.27°
  • Distance to Salem:
    389,914.18km
  • Next full Moon:
    August 26, 2026 at 7:30 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    10 Days, 9 Hours and 3 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

August 17, 2026
Lunar Day 4
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 23.52%
Rise
12:11
Set
22:12
August 18, 2026
Lunar Day 5
First Quarter
Illumination: 32.59%
Rise
13:20
Set
22:37
August 19, 2026
Lunar Day 6
First Quarter
Illumination: 42.1%
Rise
14:28
Set
23:07
August 20, 2026
Lunar Day 7
First Quarter
Illumination: 51.72%
Rise
15:33
Set
23:44
August 21, 2026
Lunar Day 8
First Quarter
Illumination: 61.15%
Rise
16:32
Set
00:00
August 22, 2026
Lunar Day 9
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 70.13%
Rise
17:23
Set
00:29
August 23, 2026
Lunar Day 10
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 78.41%
Rise
18:05
Set
01:24

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, 202607:2020:540.43%0.61
🌓 First QuarterTuesday, August 18, 202613:2022:3732.59%5.71
🌕 Full MoonWednesday, August 26, 202619:3004:4296.36%12.96
🌗 Last QuarterThursday, September 3, 202622:4914:2961.77%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