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The Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on August 26, 2014Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 26 August 2014404,812 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 26, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
404,812 km251,539 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2014 is on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 01:38 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 14:13 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 25, 201414:13
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 2, 201411:11

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Tuesday, August 26, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 25, 2014 to the new moon of September 24, 2014, a cycle of 29.67 days.