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The Moon on Saturday, August 7, 1926: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on August 7, 1926Waning Crescent

Saturday 7 August 1926402,884 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 7, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
402,884 km250,341 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Saturday, August 7, 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.