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The Moon on Friday, July 26, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 59.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on July 26, 1940Waning Gibbous

Friday 26 July 1940403,557 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 26, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.4% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
403,557 km250,758 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1940 is on Friday, July 19, 1940 at 09:55 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 3, 1940 at 20:09 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 19, 194009:55
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, July 27, 194011:30

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Friday, July 26, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 5, 1940 to the new moon of August 3, 1940, a cycle of 29.36 days.