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The Moon on Friday, July 26, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on July 26, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 July 1996369,400 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 26, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.5% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
369,400 km229,535 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1996 is on Tuesday, July 30, 1996 at 10:35 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 15, 1996 at 16:15 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 23, 199617:49
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 30, 199610:35

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Friday, July 26, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 1996 to the new moon of August 14, 1996, a cycle of 29.64 days.