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The Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 1975: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on August 26, 1975Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 26 August 1975403,758 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 26, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.5% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
403,758 km250,884 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1975 is on Thursday, August 21, 1975 at 19:48 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 5, 1975 at 19:19 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 21, 197519:48
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 29, 197523:20

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Tuesday, August 26, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 7, 1975 to the new moon of September 5, 1975, a cycle of 29.31 days.