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The Moon on Thursday, July 26, 1962: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on July 26, 1962Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 July 1962379,216 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 26, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.3% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
379,216 km235,634 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1962 is on Tuesday, July 17, 1962 at 11:41 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 31, 1962 at 12:24 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 24, 196204:18
New Moon (after)Tuesday, July 31, 196212:24

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Thursday, July 26, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 1, 1962 to the new moon of July 31, 1962, a cycle of 29.52 days.