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The Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 1924: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on August 26, 1924Waning Crescent

Tuesday 26 August 1924400,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 26, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.7% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
400,050 km248,580 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1924 is on Thursday, August 14, 1924 at 20:19 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 30, 1924 at 08:37 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 22, 192409:10
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 30, 192408:37

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Tuesday, August 26, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 31, 1924 to the new moon of August 30, 1924, a cycle of 29.54 days.