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The Moon on Thursday, August 26, 1954: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on August 26, 1954Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 August 1954385,648 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 26, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
385,648 km239,630 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1954 is on Saturday, August 14, 1954 at 11:03 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 28, 1954 at 10:21 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 21, 195404:51
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 28, 195410:21

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Thursday, August 26, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 29, 1954 to the new moon of August 28, 1954, a cycle of 29.50 days.