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The Moon on Thursday, August 26, 2027: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 34.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on August 26, 2027Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 August 2027371,688 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 26, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 34.8% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
371,688 km230,956 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2027 is on Tuesday, August 17, 2027 at 07:29 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 31, 2027 at 17:41 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 25, 202702:27
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 31, 202717:41

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Thursday, August 26, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 2027 to the new moon of August 31, 2027, a cycle of 29.32 days.