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The Moon on Monday, August 26, 1901: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on August 26, 1901Waxing Gibbous

Monday 26 August 1901386,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 26, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.8% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
386,788 km240,339 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1901 is on Thursday, August 29, 1901 at 20:21 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1901 at 08:27 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 22, 190107:52
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 29, 190120:21

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Monday, August 26, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 1901 to the new moon of September 12, 1901, a cycle of 29.54 days.