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The Moon on Saturday, July 26, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on July 26, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 26 July 1969361,077 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 26, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.7% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
361,077 km224,363 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1969 is on Tuesday, July 29, 1969 at 02:45 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 14, 1969 at 14:12 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 22, 196912:10
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 29, 196902:45

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Saturday, July 26, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 14, 1969 to the new moon of August 13, 1969, a cycle of 29.63 days.