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The Moon on Saturday, July 26, 2008: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on July 26, 2008Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 July 2008370,377 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 26, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.9% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
370,377 km230,142 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 2008 is on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 07:59 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:13 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 25, 200818:42
New Moon (after)Friday, August 1, 200810:13

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Saturday, July 26, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 3, 2008 to the new moon of August 1, 2008, a cycle of 29.33 days.