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The Moon on Thursday, August 12, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on August 12, 1926Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 August 1926405,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 12, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.5% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
405,016 km251,665 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1926 is on Monday, August 23, 1926 at 12:38 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 1926 at 13:49 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Thursday, August 12, 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.