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The Moon on Sunday, July 26, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on July 26, 2009Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 July 2009374,908 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 26, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.3% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
374,908 km232,957 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 2009 is on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 00:55 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 02:35 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 22, 200902:35
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 28, 200922:00

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Sunday, July 26, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 22, 2009 to the new moon of August 20, 2009, a cycle of 29.31 days.