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The Moon on Friday, August 26, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on August 26, 1960Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 August 1960384,245 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 26, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.8% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
384,245 km238,759 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1960 is on Monday, September 5, 1960 at 11:19 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 22, 1960 at 09:15 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 22, 196009:15
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 29, 196019:22

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Friday, August 26, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 1960 to the new moon of September 20, 1960, a cycle of 29.58 days.