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The Moon on Wednesday, July 26, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on July 26, 2006Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 26 July 2006401,385 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 26, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
401,385 km249,409 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 04:31 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 25, 200604:31
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 2, 200608:46

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Wednesday, July 26, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 25, 2006 to the new moon of August 23, 2006, a cycle of 29.61 days.