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The Moon on Sunday, July 26, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on July 26, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 July 1942360,125 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 26, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
360,125 km223,771 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1942 is on Monday, July 27, 1942 at 19:14 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 13, 1942 at 12:03 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 21, 194205:13
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 27, 194219:14

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Sunday, July 26, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 1942 to the new moon of August 12, 1942, a cycle of 29.60 days.