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The Moon on Tuesday, July 26, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on July 26, 1949Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 26 July 1949369,895 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 26, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
369,895 km229,842 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1949 is on Monday, August 8, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 25, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 25, 194919:33
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 1, 194912:58

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Tuesday, July 26, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 25, 1949 to the new moon of August 24, 1949, a cycle of 29.35 days.