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The Moon on Saturday, August 26, 2017: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on August 26, 2017Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 August 2017394,692 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 26, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.8% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
394,692 km245,250 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2017 is on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 07:03 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 18:30 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 21, 201718:30
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 29, 201708:13

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Saturday, August 26, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 21, 2017 to the new moon of September 20, 2017, a cycle of 29.46 days.