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The Moon on Friday, July 26, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on July 26, 1968Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 July 1968390,827 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 26, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
390,827 km242,849 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1968 is on Thursday, August 8, 1968 at 11:32 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 25, 1968 at 11:50 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 25, 196811:50
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 1, 196818:34

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Friday, July 26, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 25, 1968 to the new moon of August 23, 1968, a cycle of 29.50 days.