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The Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on August 26, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 August 1969362,046 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 26, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
362,046 km224,965 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1969 is on Wednesday, August 27, 1969 at 10:32 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 13, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 20, 196920:03
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 27, 196910:32

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Tuesday, August 26, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 13, 1969 to the new moon of September 11, 1969, a cycle of 29.61 days.