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The Moon on Wednesday, July 26, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on July 26, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 July 1950367,362 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 26, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.5% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
367,362 km228,268 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1950 is on Saturday, July 29, 1950 at 04:18 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 15, 1950 at 05:06 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 22, 195010:50
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 29, 195004:18

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Wednesday, July 26, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 1950 to the new moon of August 13, 1950, a cycle of 29.49 days.