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The Moon on Wednesday, July 26, 1972: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 100.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Full Moon at

07:24UTC

Moon phase on July 26, 1972Full Moon

Wednesday 26 July 1972385,863 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 26, 1972, the Moon was a Full Moon: 100.0% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

100.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
385,863 km239,764 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Buck Moon, 386,596 km from Earth. Partial lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1972 is on Wednesday, July 26, 1972 at 07:24 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 9, 1972 at 05:26 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 18, 197207:46
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, July 26, 197207:24
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 2, 197208:02

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Wednesday, July 26, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 10, 1972 to the new moon of August 9, 1972, a cycle of 29.41 days.