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The Moon on Sunday, August 26, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on August 26, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 August 1928397,786 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 26, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.5% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
397,786 km247,173 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1928 is on Friday, August 31, 1928 at 02:34 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 15, 1928 at 13:49 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 23, 192808:21
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 31, 192802:34

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Sunday, August 26, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 1928 to the new moon of September 14, 1928, a cycle of 29.48 days.