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The Moon on Saturday, August 26, 1916: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on August 26, 1916Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 August 1916404,127 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 26, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
404,127 km251,113 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1916 is on Sunday, August 13, 1916 at 12:00 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 28, 1916 at 17:24 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 20, 191612:53
New Moon (after)Monday, August 28, 191617:24

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Saturday, August 26, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 30, 1916 to the new moon of August 28, 1916, a cycle of 29.63 days.