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The Moon on Sunday, August 22, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on August 22, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 22 August 1926358,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 22, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
358,750 km222,917 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1926 is on Monday, August 23, 1926 at 12:38 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 1926 at 13:49 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Sunday, August 22, 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.