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The Moon on Saturday, August 26, 1933: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on August 26, 1933Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 August 1933374,795 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 26, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.9% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
374,795 km232,887 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1933 is on Monday, September 4, 1933 at 05:04 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 21, 1933 at 05:48 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 21, 193305:48
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 28, 193310:13

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Saturday, August 26, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 21, 1933 to the new moon of September 19, 1933, a cycle of 29.52 days.