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The Moon on Sunday, August 8, 1926: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

New Moon at

13:49UTC

Moon phase on August 8, 1926New Moon

Sunday 8 August 1926404,675 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 8, 1926, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.5 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.5 dMoon age
404,675 km251,453 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1926 is on Sunday, July 25, 1926 at 05:13 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 1926 at 13:49 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 31, 192619:25
New Moon (this day)Sunday, August 8, 192613:49
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 16, 192616:39

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Sunday, August 8, 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.