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The Moon on Thursday, August 26, 1965: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

New Moon at

18:51UTC

Moon phase on August 26, 1965New Moon

Thursday 26 August 1965359,350 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 26, 1965, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
359,350 km223,290 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1965 is on Thursday, August 12, 1965 at 08:22 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 26, 1965 at 18:51 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 20, 196503:50
New Moon (this day)Thursday, August 26, 196518:51
First Quarter (after)Thursday, September 2, 196519:28

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Thursday, August 26, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 1965 to the new moon of August 26, 1965, a cycle of 29.30 days.