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The Moon on Saturday, July 26, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 70.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on July 26, 1986Waning Gibbous

Saturday 26 July 1986388,661 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 26, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.9% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
388,661 km241,502 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1986 is on Monday, July 21, 1986 at 10:40 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 5, 1986 at 18:36 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, July 21, 198610:40
Last Quarter (after)Monday, July 28, 198615:34

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Saturday, July 26, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 7, 1986 to the new moon of August 5, 1986, a cycle of 29.57 days.