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The Moon on Thursday, July 26, 1951: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on July 26, 1951Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 July 1951397,561 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 26, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.1% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
397,561 km247,033 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1951 is on Wednesday, July 18, 1951 at 19:17 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 2, 1951 at 22:39 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 25, 195118:59
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 2, 195122:39

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Thursday, July 26, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 4, 1951 to the new moon of August 2, 1951, a cycle of 29.62 days.