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The Moon on Saturday, August 26, 1989: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on August 26, 1989Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 August 1989383,124 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 26, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
383,124 km238,062 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1989 is on Thursday, August 17, 1989 at 03:07 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 31, 1989 at 05:45 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 23, 198918:40
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 31, 198905:45

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Saturday, August 26, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 1989 to the new moon of August 31, 1989, a cycle of 29.57 days.