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The Moon on Tuesday, July 26, 2022: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on July 26, 2022Waning Crescent

Tuesday 26 July 2022406,262 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 26, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.7% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
406,262 km252,439 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 2022 is on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 18:38 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 17:55 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 20, 202214:19
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 28, 202217:55

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Tuesday, July 26, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 29, 2022 to the new moon of July 28, 2022, a cycle of 29.63 days.