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The Moon on Saturday, July 26, 1941: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on July 26, 1941Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 July 1941379,621 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 26, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
379,621 km235,885 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (30°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1941 is on Thursday, August 7, 1941 at 05:38 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 24, 1941 at 07:39 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 24, 194107:39
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 31, 194109:19

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Saturday, July 26, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 1941 to the new moon of August 22, 1941, a cycle of 29.45 days.