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The Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on August 26, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 August 1931399,464 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 26, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
399,464 km248,215 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1931 is on Friday, August 28, 1931 at 03:10 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 13, 1931 at 20:27 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 20, 193111:36
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 28, 193103:10

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Wednesday, August 26, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 13, 1931 to the new moon of September 12, 1931, a cycle of 29.33 days.