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The Moon on Thursday, July 26, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on July 26, 1917Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 July 1917396,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 26, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.4% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
396,788 km246,552 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1917 is on Friday, August 3, 1917 at 05:11 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 1917 at 03:00 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 19, 191703:00
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 27, 191706:40

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Thursday, July 26, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 19, 1917 to the new moon of August 17, 1917, a cycle of 29.64 days.