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The Moon on Thursday, July 26, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on July 26, 2001Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 July 2001374,044 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 26, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.0% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
374,044 km232,420 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 2001 is on Saturday, August 4, 2001 at 05:56 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 20, 2001 at 19:44 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 20, 200119:44
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 27, 200110:08

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Thursday, July 26, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 2001 to the new moon of August 19, 2001, a cycle of 29.30 days.