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The Moon on Saturday, August 26, 2028: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on August 26, 2028Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 August 2028377,854 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 26, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 44.0% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
377,854 km234,788 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2028 is on Sunday, September 3, 2028 at 23:48 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 20, 2028 at 10:44 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 20, 202810:44
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 27, 202801:36

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Saturday, August 26, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 2028 to the new moon of September 18, 2028, a cycle of 29.32 days.