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The Moon on Monday, July 26, 1954: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on July 26, 1954Waning Crescent

Monday 26 July 1954371,799 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 26, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.0% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
371,799 km231,025 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1954 is on Friday, July 16, 1954 at 00:29 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 29, 1954 at 22:20 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 23, 195400:14
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 29, 195422:20

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Monday, July 26, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 30, 1954 to the new moon of July 29, 1954, a cycle of 29.41 days.