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The Moon on Saturday, August 26, 1905: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on August 26, 1905Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 August 1905384,859 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 26, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.7% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
384,859 km239,140 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1905 is on Tuesday, August 15, 1905 at 03:31 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 30, 1905 at 13:13 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 23, 190506:10
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 30, 190513:13

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Saturday, August 26, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 1905 to the new moon of August 30, 1905, a cycle of 29.38 days.