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The Moon on Sunday, August 26, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on August 26, 1990Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 August 1990402,535 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 26, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.2% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
402,535 km250,124 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1990 is on Wednesday, September 5, 1990 at 01:46 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 20, 1990 at 12:39 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 20, 199012:39
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 28, 199007:34

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Sunday, August 26, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 1990 to the new moon of September 19, 1990, a cycle of 29.51 days.