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The Moon on Saturday, July 26, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on July 26, 1952Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 July 1952402,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 26, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.4% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
402,427 km250,056 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1952 is on Tuesday, August 5, 1952 at 19:40 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 21, 1952 at 23:31 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 21, 195223:31
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 30, 195201:51

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Saturday, July 26, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 21, 1952 to the new moon of August 20, 1952, a cycle of 29.66 days.