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The Moon on Friday, July 26, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 67.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on July 26, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 July 1985369,800 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 26, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.2% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
369,800 km229,783 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1985 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 17, 1985 at 23:57 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 24, 198523:39
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 31, 198521:41

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Friday, July 26, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 1985 to the new moon of August 16, 1985, a cycle of 29.42 days.