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The Moon on Monday, August 9, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on August 9, 1926Waxing Crescent

Monday 9 August 1926405,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 9, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
405,861 km252,190 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1926 is on Monday, August 23, 1926 at 12:38 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 1926 at 13:49 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 8, 192613:49
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 16, 192616:39

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Monday, August 9, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 1926 to the new moon of September 7, 1926, a cycle of 29.66 days.