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The Moon on Friday, August 26, 1932: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on August 26, 1932Waning Crescent

Friday 26 August 1932396,438 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 26, 1932, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.5% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
396,438 km246,335 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1932 is on Tuesday, August 16, 1932 at 07:42 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 31, 1932 at 19:55 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 24, 193207:21
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 31, 193219:55

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Friday, August 26, 1932 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 1932 to the new moon of August 31, 1932, a cycle of 29.43 days.