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The Moon on Monday, August 26, 2024: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 48.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Last Quarter at

09:26UTC

Moon phase on August 26, 2024Last Quarter

Monday 26 August 2024377,207 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 26, 2024, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.9% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
377,207 km234,386 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2024 is on Monday, August 19, 2024 at 18:26 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 01:56 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 19, 202418:26
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, August 26, 202409:26
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 3, 202401:56

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Monday, August 26, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 4, 2024 to the new moon of September 3, 2024, a cycle of 29.61 days.