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The Moon on Thursday, July 26, 1945: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on July 26, 1945Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 July 1945374,332 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 26, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
374,332 km232,599 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1945 is on Wednesday, July 25, 1945 at 02:26 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 8, 1945 at 00:32 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 25, 194502:26
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 31, 194522:30

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Thursday, July 26, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 9, 1945 to the new moon of August 8, 1945, a cycle of 29.46 days.