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The Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 1925: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on August 26, 1925Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 26 August 1925379,264 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 26, 1925, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.5% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
379,264 km235,664 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1925 is on Wednesday, September 2, 1925 at 19:53 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 19, 1925 at 13:15 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 19, 192513:15
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 27, 192504:46

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Wednesday, August 26, 1925 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 19, 1925 to the new moon of September 18, 1925, a cycle of 29.62 days.