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The Moon on Thursday, July 26, 1984: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on July 26, 1984Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 July 1984373,841 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 26, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
373,841 km232,294 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1984 is on Friday, July 13, 1984 at 02:20 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 28, 1984 at 11:51 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 21, 198404:02
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 28, 198411:51

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Thursday, July 26, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 29, 1984 to the new moon of July 28, 1984, a cycle of 29.36 days.