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The Moon on Friday, July 26, 1946: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on July 26, 1946Waning Crescent

Friday 26 July 1946363,754 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 26, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.6% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
363,754 km226,026 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1946 is on Sunday, July 14, 1946 at 09:23 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 28, 1946 at 11:54 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 21, 194619:52
New Moon (after)Sunday, July 28, 194611:54

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Friday, July 26, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 29, 1946 to the new moon of July 28, 1946, a cycle of 29.32 days.