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The Moon on Friday, August 6, 1926: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on August 6, 1926Waning Crescent

Friday 6 August 1926400,531 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 6, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
400,531 km248,878 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1926 is on Sunday, July 25, 1926 at 05:13 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 1926 at 13:49 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Friday, August 6, 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.