Waning · 22.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°
Moon age
25.1days
Moon phase on August 26, 2008Waning Crescent
On Tuesday, August 26, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.7% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
22.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
368,729 km229,118 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 26, 2008 is on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 21:17 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 19:58 UTC, 4 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 23:50 |
| New Moon (after) | Saturday, August 30, 2008 | 19:58 |
The Moon around August 26
More about this date
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 2008 to the new moon of August 30, 2008, a cycle of 29.41 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2008, or the whole moon calendar 2008.
- The same date one year apart: 2007 · 2009.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.