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The Moon on Tuesday, July 26, 2016: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 55.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Last Quarter at

23:00UTC

Moon phase on July 26, 2016Last Quarter

Tuesday 26 July 2016369,903 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 26, 2016, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 55.4% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

55.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
369,903 km229,847 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 2016 is on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 22:57 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 20:45 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 19, 201622:57
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, July 26, 201623:00
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 2, 201620:45

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Tuesday, July 26, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 4, 2016 to the new moon of August 2, 2016, a cycle of 29.41 days.