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The Moon on Wednesday, July 26, 1916: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on July 26, 1916Waning Crescent

Wednesday 26 July 1916404,988 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 26, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.2% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
404,988 km251,648 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1916 is on Saturday, July 15, 1916 at 04:40 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 30, 1916 at 02:15 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 21, 191623:33
New Moon (after)Sunday, July 30, 191602:15

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Wednesday, July 26, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 30, 1916 to the new moon of July 30, 1916, a cycle of 29.65 days.