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The Moon on Friday, August 26, 2016: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on August 26, 2016Waning Crescent

Friday 26 August 2016374,020 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 26, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.1% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
374,020 km232,405 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2016 is on Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 09:27 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 09:03 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 25, 201603:41
New Moon (after)Thursday, September 1, 201609:03

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Friday, August 26, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 2016 to the new moon of September 1, 2016, a cycle of 29.51 days.