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The Moon on Monday, July 26, 1976: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on July 26, 1976Waning Crescent

Monday 26 July 1976381,503 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 26, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
381,503 km237,055 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1976 is on Monday, August 9, 1976 at 23:44 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 27, 1976 at 01:39 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 19, 197606:30
New Moon (after)Tuesday, July 27, 197601:39

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Monday, July 26, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 27, 1976 to the new moon of July 27, 1976, a cycle of 29.45 days.