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The Moon on Thursday, August 26, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on August 26, 1926Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 August 1926363,581 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 26, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.0% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
363,581 km225,919 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1926 is on Monday, August 23, 1926 at 12:38 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 7, 1926 at 05:45 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 23, 192612:38
Last Quarter (after)Monday, August 30, 192604:40

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Thursday, August 26, 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.