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The Moon on Friday, July 23, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on July 23, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 July 1926366,940 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 23, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
366,940 km228,006 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1926 is on Sunday, July 25, 1926 at 05:13 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 9, 1926 at 23:06 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 18, 192602:55
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 25, 192605:13

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Friday, July 23, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 9, 1926 to the new moon of August 8, 1926, a cycle of 29.61 days.