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The Moon on Sunday, July 26, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on July 26, 1998Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 July 1998395,530 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 26, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.9% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
395,530 km245,771 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1998 is on Saturday, August 8, 1998 at 02:10 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 23, 1998 at 13:44 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 23, 199813:44
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 31, 199812:05

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Sunday, July 26, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 23, 1998 to the new moon of August 22, 1998, a cycle of 29.51 days.