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The Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 1926: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on August 31, 1926Waning Crescent

Tuesday 31 August 1926391,358 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 31, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.8% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
391,358 km243,178 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1926 is on Monday, August 23, 1926 at 12:38 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 7, 1926 at 05:45 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 30, 192604:40
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 7, 192605:45

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Tuesday, August 31, 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.