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The Moon on Thursday, August 26, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on August 26, 1976Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 August 1976366,211 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 26, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
366,211 km227,553 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1976 is on Wednesday, September 8, 1976 at 12:52 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 25, 1976 at 11:01 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 25, 197611:01
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 1, 197603:35

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Thursday, August 26, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 25, 1976 to the new moon of September 23, 1976, a cycle of 29.37 days.