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The Moon on Tuesday, July 26, 2011: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on July 26, 2011Waning Crescent

Tuesday 26 July 2011392,068 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 26, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.1% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
392,068 km243,620 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 2011 is on Friday, July 15, 2011 at 06:40 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 18:40 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 23, 201105:02
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 30, 201118:40

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 1, 2011 to the new moon of July 30, 2011, a cycle of 29.41 days.