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The Moon on Thursday, August 26, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 63.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on August 26, 1948Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 August 1948391,906 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 26, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.2% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
391,906 km243,519 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1948 is on Thursday, August 19, 1948 at 17:32 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 3, 1948 at 11:21 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 19, 194817:32
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 27, 194818:46

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Thursday, August 26, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 5, 1948 to the new moon of September 3, 1948, a cycle of 29.30 days.