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The Moon on Thursday, July 26, 1973: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on July 26, 1973Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 July 1973363,112 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 26, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.2% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
363,112 km225,627 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1973 is on Sunday, July 15, 1973 at 11:56 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 29, 1973 at 18:59 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 23, 197303:58
New Moon (after)Sunday, July 29, 197318:59

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Thursday, July 26, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 30, 1973 to the new moon of July 29, 1973, a cycle of 29.31 days.