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The Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 1964: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on August 26, 1964Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 26 August 1964379,979 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 26, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.2% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
379,979 km236,108 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1964 is on Sunday, August 23, 1964 at 05:25 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 6, 1964 at 04:34 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 23, 196405:25
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 30, 196409:15

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Wednesday, August 26, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 7, 1964 to the new moon of September 6, 1964, a cycle of 29.39 days.