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The Moon on Friday, August 13, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on August 13, 1926Waxing Crescent

Friday 13 August 1926402,958 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 13, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.6% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
402,958 km250,386 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1926 is on Monday, August 23, 1926 at 12:38 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 1926 at 13:49 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Friday, August 13, 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.