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The Moon on Sunday, August 26, 1984: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

New Moon at

19:26UTC

Moon phase on August 26, 1984New Moon

Sunday 26 August 1984359,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 26, 1984, 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
359,775 km223,554 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, 1984 is on Monday, September 10, 1984 at 07:01 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 26, 1984 at 19:26 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 19, 198419:41
New Moon (this day)Sunday, August 26, 198419:26
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 2, 198410:30

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Sunday, August 26, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 1984 to the new moon of August 26, 1984, a cycle of 29.32 days.