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The Moon on Tuesday, July 26, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on July 26, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 July 1977365,064 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 26, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.1% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
365,064 km226,840 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1977 is on Saturday, July 30, 1977 at 10:52 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 16, 1977 at 08:37 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 23, 197719:38
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 30, 197710:52

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Tuesday, July 26, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 16, 1977 to the new moon of August 14, 1977, a cycle of 29.54 days.