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Lunar phase today Washington

Lunar Day 16

Moon phase today August 21, 2026

What is moon today in Washington?

Today's lunar phase in Washington, United States, the moon is in 🌓 the First Quarter phase, with 65.31% illumination, with an age of 8.85 days. The current distance between Washington, United States and the moon is 405,148.56km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude 38.9041 and longitude -77.0171 also base on Time zone America/New_York because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Friday, August 21, 2026
01:55:14 PM
Lunar Day 16
First Quarter
65.31%
Washington
United States
  • Location:
    United States, Washington
  • Moon phase:
    🌓 First Quarter
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    8.85
  • Illumination:
    65.31%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    15:53/00:01
  • Altitude:
    -18.71°
  • Period:
    🕑 15 Hours and 52 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    28.16°
  • Distance to Washington:
    405,148.56km
  • Next full Moon:
    August 27, 2026 at 7:35 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    6 Days, 5 Hours and 39 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

August 22, 2026
Lunar Day 9
First Quarter
Illumination: 69.04%
Rise
16:45
Set
00:47
August 23, 2026
Lunar Day 10
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 77.42%
Rise
17:31
Set
01:40
August 24, 2026
Lunar Day 11
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 84.87%
Rise
18:09
Set
02:39
August 25, 2026
Lunar Day 11
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 91.11%
Rise
18:42
Set
03:42
August 26, 2026
Lunar Day 12
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 95.88%
Rise
19:10
Set
04:45
August 27, 2026
Lunar Day 13
Full Moon
Illumination: 98.92%
Rise
19:35
Set
05:50
August 28, 2026
Lunar Day 14
Full Moon
Illumination: 100%
Rise
19:58
Set
06:54

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, 202607:1520:410.26%0.48
🌓 First QuarterTuesday, August 18, 202612:5022:4831.43%5.59
🌕 Full MoonThursday, August 27, 202619:3505:5098.92%13.79
🌗 Last QuarterThursday, September 3, 202623:0513:5063.14%20.9

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