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The Moon on Friday, August 26, 1921: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 50.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Last Quarter at

12:51UTC

Moon phase on August 26, 1921Last Quarter

Friday 26 August 1921380,405 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 26, 1921, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.5% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
380,405 km236,373 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1921 is on Thursday, August 18, 1921 at 15:28 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 2, 1921 at 03:33 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 18, 192115:28
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, August 26, 192112:51
New Moon (after)Friday, September 2, 192103:33

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Friday, August 26, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 3, 1921 to the new moon of September 2, 1921, a cycle of 29.30 days.