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The Moon on Friday, August 26, 2005: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 51.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Last Quarter at

15:18UTC

Moon phase on August 26, 2005Last Quarter

Friday 26 August 2005390,880 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 26, 2005, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.5% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
390,880 km242,881 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2005 is on Friday, August 19, 2005 at 17:53 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 3, 2005 at 18:46 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 19, 200517:53
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, August 26, 200515:18
New Moon (after)Saturday, September 3, 200518:46

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Friday, August 26, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 5, 2005 to the new moon of September 3, 2005, a cycle of 29.65 days.