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The Moon on Sunday, August 15, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on August 15, 1926Waxing Crescent

Sunday 15 August 1926395,827 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 15, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.2% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
395,827 km245,955 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1926 is on Monday, August 23, 1926 at 12:38 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 1926 at 13:49 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Sunday, August 15, 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.