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The Moon on Monday, August 26, 2019: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on August 26, 2019Waning Crescent

Monday 26 August 2019371,805 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 26, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.0% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
371,805 km231,029 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2019 is on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 12:29 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:37 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 23, 201914:56
New Moon (after)Friday, August 30, 201910:37

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Monday, August 26, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 2019 to the new moon of August 30, 2019, a cycle of 29.31 days.