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The Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 1997: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on August 26, 1997Waning Crescent

Tuesday 26 August 1997388,299 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 26, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.5% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
388,299 km241,278 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1997 is on Monday, August 18, 1997 at 10:56 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 1, 1997 at 23:52 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 25, 199702:24
New Moon (after)Monday, September 1, 199723:52

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Tuesday, August 26, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 3, 1997 to the new moon of September 1, 1997, a cycle of 29.65 days.