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The Moon on Thursday, August 19, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on August 19, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 19 August 1926372,735 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 19, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.5% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
372,735 km231,607 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1926 is on Monday, August 23, 1926 at 12:38 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 1926 at 13:49 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 16, 192616:39
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 23, 192612:38

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Thursday, August 19, 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.