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The Moon on Sunday, August 29, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 57.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on August 29, 1926Waning Gibbous

Sunday 29 August 1926380,318 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 29, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.5% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
380,318 km236,319 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1926 is on Monday, August 23, 1926 at 12:38 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 7, 1926 at 05:45 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Sunday, August 29, 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.