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The Moon on Monday, July 12, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on July 12, 1926Waxing Crescent

Monday 12 July 1926404,182 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 12, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
404,182 km251,147 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1926 is on Sunday, July 25, 1926 at 05:13 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 9, 1926 at 23:06 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 9, 192623:06
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 18, 192602:55

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Monday, July 12, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 9, 1926 to the new moon of August 8, 1926, a cycle of 29.61 days.