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The Moon on Saturday, August 26, 1911: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on August 26, 1911Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 August 1911380,170 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 26, 1911, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.8% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
380,170 km236,227 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1911 is on Friday, September 8, 1911 at 15:56 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 24, 1911 at 04:14 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 24, 191104:14
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 31, 191116:21

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Saturday, August 26, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 24, 1911 to the new moon of September 22, 1911, a cycle of 29.43 days.