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The Moon on Thursday, July 8, 1926: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on July 8, 1926Waning Crescent

Thursday 8 July 1926393,889 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 8, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
393,889 km244,751 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 1926 is on Friday, June 25, 1926 at 21:13 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 9, 1926 at 23:06 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 2, 192613:02
New Moon (after)Friday, July 9, 192623:06

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Thursday, July 8, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 10, 1926 to the new moon of July 9, 1926, a cycle of 29.54 days.