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The Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on August 26, 1987Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 26 August 1987397,945 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 26, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.8% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
397,945 km247,272 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1987 is on Monday, September 7, 1987 at 18:13 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 24, 1987 at 11:59 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 24, 198711:59
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 1, 198703:48

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Wednesday, August 26, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 24, 1987 to the new moon of September 23, 1987, a cycle of 29.63 days.