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The Moon on Sunday, July 26, 1981: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on July 26, 1981Waning Crescent

Sunday 26 July 1981367,611 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 26, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.7% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
367,611 km228,423 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1981 is on Friday, July 17, 1981 at 04:39 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 31, 1981 at 03:52 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 24, 198109:40
New Moon (after)Friday, July 31, 198103:52

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Sunday, July 26, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 1, 1981 to the new moon of July 31, 1981, a cycle of 29.37 days.