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The Moon on Sunday, August 26, 2040: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on August 26, 2040Waning Gibbous

Sunday 26 August 2040380,311 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 26, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 78.8% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
380,311 km236,314 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2040 is on Wednesday, August 22, 2040 at 09:10 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 6, 2040 at 15:14 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 22, 204009:10
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 29, 204011:16

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Sunday, August 26, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 2040 to the new moon of September 6, 2040, a cycle of 29.62 days.