The midpoint of the side of the hexagon on the diameter is the center of the circle. Draw the segment from this center to a vertex of the hexagon on the circle. This segment, whose length is $1 / 2$, is the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose legs have lengths $a / 2$ and $a \sqrt{3}$, where $a$ is a side of the hexagon. So $1 / 4=a^{2}(1 / 4+3)$, so $a^{2}=1 / 13$. The hexagon consists of 6 equilateral triangles of side length $a$, so the area of the hexagon is $3 a^{2} \sqrt{3} / 2=3 \sqrt{3} / 26$.