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The Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 1908: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

New Moon at

22:59UTC

Moon phase on August 26, 1908New Moon

Wednesday 26 August 1908406,542 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 26, 1908, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.2 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.2 dMoon age
406,542 km252,614 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1908 is on Wednesday, August 12, 1908 at 04:59 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 26, 1908 at 22:59 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 18, 190821:25
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, August 26, 190822:59
First Quarter (after)Thursday, September 3, 190820:51

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Wednesday, August 26, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 1908 to the new moon of August 26, 1908, a cycle of 29.65 days.