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The Moon on Sunday, August 1, 1926: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

22.5days

Moon phase on August 1, 1926Waning Crescent

Sunday 1 August 1926380,978 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 1, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.6% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
380,978 km236,729 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1926 is on Sunday, July 25, 1926 at 05:13 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 1926 at 13:49 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 31, 192619:25
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 8, 192613:49

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Sunday, August 1, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 9, 1926 to the new moon of August 8, 1926, a cycle of 29.61 days.