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The Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on August 26, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 August 1958389,842 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 26, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.3% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
389,842 km242,237 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1958 is on Friday, August 29, 1958 at 05:54 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 1958 at 03:33 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 21, 195819:45
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 29, 195805:54

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Tuesday, August 26, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 1958 to the new moon of September 13, 1958, a cycle of 29.35 days.