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The Moon on Wednesday, July 26, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on July 26, 1944Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 26 July 1944403,676 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 26, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.2% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
403,676 km250,832 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1944 is on Friday, August 4, 1944 at 12:39 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 20, 1944 at 05:43 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 20, 194405:43
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 28, 194409:24

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Wednesday, July 26, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 1944 to the new moon of August 18, 1944, a cycle of 29.61 days.