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The Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on August 28, 1926Waning Gibbous

Saturday 28 August 1926374,360 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 28, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.1% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
374,360 km232,616 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1926 is on Monday, August 23, 1926 at 12:38 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 7, 1926 at 05:45 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Saturday, August 28, 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.