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The Moon on Thursday, August 26, 1909: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on August 26, 1909Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 August 1909382,999 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 26, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.1% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
382,999 km237,984 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1909 is on Tuesday, August 31, 1909 at 05:08 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 15, 1909 at 23:55 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 24, 190903:55
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 31, 190905:08

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Thursday, August 26, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 1909 to the new moon of September 14, 1909, a cycle of 29.63 days.