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The Moon on Wednesday, July 26, 1989: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on July 26, 1989Waning Crescent

Wednesday 26 July 1989371,629 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 26, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.5% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
371,629 km230,919 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1989 is on Tuesday, July 18, 1989 at 17:42 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 1, 1989 at 16:06 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 25, 198913:31
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 1, 198916:06

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Wednesday, July 26, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 3, 1989 to the new moon of August 1, 1989, a cycle of 29.46 days.