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The Moon on Thursday, July 26, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on July 26, 1956Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 July 1956400,789 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 26, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.4% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
400,789 km249,038 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1956 is on Sunday, July 22, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 6, 1956 at 11:25 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 22, 195621:29
Last Quarter (after)Monday, July 30, 195619:31

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Thursday, July 26, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 8, 1956 to the new moon of August 6, 1956, a cycle of 29.28 days.