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The Moon on Thursday, July 26, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on July 26, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 July 2018406,024 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 26, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
406,024 km252,291 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 2018 is on Friday, July 27, 2018 at 20:21 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 13, 2018 at 02:48 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 19, 201819:52
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 27, 201820:21

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Thursday, July 26, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 2018 to the new moon of August 11, 2018, a cycle of 29.30 days.