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The Moon on Sunday, July 26, 1970: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on July 26, 1970Waning Crescent

Sunday 26 July 1970384,173 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 26, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.0% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
384,173 km238,714 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1970 is on Saturday, July 18, 1970 at 19:59 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 2, 1970 at 05:58 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 25, 197011:00
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 2, 197005:58

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Sunday, July 26, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 3, 1970 to the new moon of August 2, 1970, a cycle of 29.61 days.