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The Moon on Sunday, July 26, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on July 26, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 July 2015390,078 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 26, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.4% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
390,078 km242,383 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 2015 is on Friday, July 31, 2015 at 10:43 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 01:25 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 24, 201504:04
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 31, 201510:43

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Sunday, July 26, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 16, 2015 to the new moon of August 14, 2015, a cycle of 29.56 days.