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The Moon on Tuesday, July 26, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on July 26, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 July 1966381,961 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 26, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.4% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
381,961 km237,339 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1966 is on Monday, August 1, 1966 at 09:05 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 18, 1966 at 04:30 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 24, 196619:00
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 1, 196609:05

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Tuesday, July 26, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 18, 1966 to the new moon of August 16, 1966, a cycle of 29.30 days.