Daily phases · UK local time

August 2027 Moon calendar for the UK

Check the Moon's daily phase and illumination throughout August 2027, together with exact new Moon, quarter and full Moon event times.

How the Moon changes during August 2027

At 12:00 local time on 1 August, the Moon is a new moon at 1% illumination and is waning. By 31 August, it is a new moon at 0% illumination and is waning.

This civil month contains 5 exact principal phase events. Daily values represent the Moon at local noon; event rows below retain their precise astronomical times.

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August 2027

Daily state at 12:00 in Europe/London

Moon phase calendar for August 2027; weeks begin on Monday
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
						1New Moon1%Age 28.3 dSelected date
2New Moon0%Age 0.0 d	3New Moon2%Age 1.0 d	4Waxing Crescent6%Age 2.0 d	5Waxing Crescent13%Age 3.0 d	6Waxing Crescent22%Age 4.0 d	7First Quarter32%Age 5.0 d	8First Quarter42%Age 6.0 d
9First Quarter53%Age 7.0 d	10First Quarter63%Age 8.0 d	11Waxing Gibbous72%Age 9.0 d	12Waxing Gibbous80%Age 10.0 d	13Waxing Gibbous87%Age 11.0 d	14Waxing Gibbous93%Age 12.0 d	15Full Moon97%Age 13.0 d
16Full Moon99%Age 14.0 d	17Full Moon100%Age 15.0 d	18Full Moon99%Age 16.0 d	19Waning Gibbous96%Age 17.0 d	20Waning Gibbous91%Age 18.0 d	21Waning Gibbous85%Age 19.0 d	22Waning Gibbous77%Age 20.0 d
23Last Quarter67%Age 21.0 d	24Last Quarter57%Age 22.0 d	25Last Quarter46%Age 23.0 d	26Last Quarter35%Age 24.0 d	27Waning Crescent25%Age 25.0 d	28Waning Crescent15%Age 26.0 d	29Waning Crescent8%Age 27.0 d
30New Moon2%Age 28.0 d	31New Moon0%Age 29.0 d

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Day-by-day detail · London horizon

Phase, illumination, lunar age, rise and set

Phase, illumination and age are calculated at 12:00 Europe/London. Moonrise and moonset use a central London observer; a dash means no matching horizon crossing occurs during that civil date.

Daily values at 12:00 UK local time; rise and set for London
Date	Phase	Illumination	Lunar age	Moonrise	Moonset
1	New Moon	1%	28.3 days	03:36	20:26
2	New Moon	0%	0.0 days	05:10	20:50
3	New Moon	2%	1.0 days	06:44	21:09
4	Waxing Crescent	6%	2.0 days	08:15	21:24
5	Waxing Crescent	13%	3.0 days	09:42	21:39
6	Waxing Crescent	22%	4.0 days	11:07	21:54
7	First Quarter	32%	5.0 days	12:30	22:10
8	First Quarter	42%	6.0 days	13:51	22:31
9	First Quarter	53%	7.0 days	15:09	22:57
10	First Quarter	63%	8.0 days	16:22	23:31
11	Waxing Gibbous	72%	9.0 days	17:25	—
12	Waxing Gibbous	80%	10.0 days	18:16	00:16
13	Waxing Gibbous	87%	11.0 days	18:54	01:12
14	Waxing Gibbous	93%	12.0 days	19:22	02:18
15	Full Moon	97%	13.0 days	19:43	03:28
16	Full Moon	99%	14.0 days	20:00	04:39
17	Full Moon	100%	15.0 days	20:14	05:51
18	Full Moon	99%	16.0 days	20:26	07:01
19	Waning Gibbous	96%	17.0 days	20:37	08:11
20	Waning Gibbous	91%	18.0 days	20:49	09:22
21	Waning Gibbous	85%	19.0 days	21:02	10:34
22	Waning Gibbous	77%	20.0 days	21:18	11:49
23	Last Quarter	67%	21.0 days	21:39	13:07
24	Last Quarter	57%	22.0 days	22:09	14:26
25	Last Quarter	46%	23.0 days	22:51	15:43
26	Last Quarter	35%	24.0 days	23:50	16:50
27	Waning Crescent	25%	25.0 days	—	17:43
28	Waning Crescent	15%	26.0 days	01:06	18:22
29	Waning Crescent	8%	27.0 days	02:35	18:50
30	New Moon	2%	28.0 days	04:07	19:11
31	New Moon	0%	29.0 days	05:40	19:28

The month's brightest nights

Full Moon in August 2027

Sturgeon Moon

A Great Lakes seasonal name associated with lake sturgeon during late summer.

Exact instant: 17 August 2027 at 08:29 BST
Brown lunation: 1294

Read the Sturgeon Moon guide

How rise and set vary across the UK

On the date of the first full Moon, longitude and latitude shift the horizon times. These representative cities all use Europe/London civil time.

Moonrise and moonset on 2027-08-17, in each location's UK local time
Location	Moonrise	Moonset
London	20:14	05:51
Cardiff	20:26	06:04
Belfast	20:43	06:06
Edinburgh	20:35	05:51
Lerwick	20:38	05:26

Traditional lunar rhythm · practical UK season

Garden windows for this month

Peak harvests and crops for the cooler months. Use local soil, weather and frost conditions to decide whether each task is timely in your garden.

2–8 8/2027

Sowing

Sow spinach, oriental greens, radish and winter salads for later picking.

9–16 8/2027

Planting

Set out spring cabbage and new strawberry plants where conditions suit them.

17–24 8/2027

Harvesting

Gather beans, tomatoes, courgettes, onions, garlic and main-season fruit.

1, 25–31 8/2027

Pruning

Finish summer pruning of trained fruit and cut out spent raspberry canes.

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